Nudity At The Back Of The Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize medals, designed by Gustav Vigeland, contains three naked men at the back to symbolize International fraternization.

The Nobel Prize is without a doubt the most prestigious award given to people from all around the world who help culture new ideas and theories in science. It was named after Alfred Nobel and the medal was designed by a Norwegian sculptor, Gustav Vigeland. The front side of the medal has the face of Alfred Nobel whereas the back side depicts three naked men embracing one another forming a fraternal bond with the inscription, “Pro pace et fraternities gentium,” This means “For the peace and brotherhood of men.” On the medal, the naked guys hold their hands on each other shoulders which symbolize International fraternization.

It was not the only sculpture of Gustav which portrayed nudity, but the sculptures of Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway are also created by him in which he crafted 212 bronze and granite sculptures; all of them nude. Men, children and even women are depicted totally nude in that park. It was noted that Gustav was influenced by the ancient Renaissance artworks, because sculptures of that time were depicted naked.

Before the 1980s, the Nobel Prize medal was made up of 23 carat gold but newer Nobel Prize medals are 18 carat gold plated with 24 carat gold. Despite of this change in the substance of the medal, the design and the engraving on the medal remains the same to the core which may look pretty cool to queer men.