From Wikipedia: Depictions of Nudity

Whether depiction of child nudity is considered inappropriate varies, see also above.

Around the time of the Italian Renaissance, nude young boys featured in many paintings, especially those with a Christian theme. Raphael, for example, made paintings of nude cherubs, also known as putto. Other famous examples are Amor Vincit Omnia by Caravaggio and various portraits of Jesus as a baby. Centuries later, many painters created images of nude children that carried no religious significance. For instance, Henry Scott Tuke painted nude adolescent boys doing everyday activities; his images were not overtly erotic, nor did they usually show their genitals. Otto Lohmüller is a painter whom some consider controversial because of his images of young male nudes.

Professional photographers such as Jock Sturges, Sally Mann, David Hamilton, Jacques Bourboulon and Garo Aida have made photographs of nude children and adolescents for publication in books and magazines and for public exhibition in art galleries. According to one school of thought, photographs such as these are acceptable and should be (or remain) legal since they represent the unclothed form of the children in an artistic manner, the children were not sexually abused, and the photographers obtained written permission from the parents or guardians. Opponents suggest that such works should be (or remain) banned and represent a form of child pornography involving subjects who may have experienced psychological harm during or after their creation.

Mainstream films, too, have frequently contained nude or topless minors. Major examples include American Beauty with 16-year-old Thora Birch; Valerie a týden divu with 13-year-old Jaroslava Schallerová; and Walkabout with 15-year-old David Gulpilil, and 16-year-old Jenny Agutter, and preteen Luc Roeg. Pretty Baby and Child Bride became controversial for portraying nude preteen actresses.

The provocative photo of a nude prepubescent girl on the original cover of the Virgin Killer album by the Scorpions also brought controversy. By contrast, most would consider the naked male baby shown on the cover of the Nevermind album by Nirvana to have no sexual connotation.

There have been incidents in which snapshots taken by parents of their infant or toddler children bathing or otherwise naked were destroyed or turned over to law enforcement as child pornography. In New Zealandnewspapers and magazines were once socially acceptable, but would invoke horror and revulsion amongst the readership if published today. photographs of naked minors in