Nude statues in PEPLUM movies

As I wrote back in June, 'Interesting' Mural Art in PEPLUM movies,': Even if actors wore very little to the point of being almost nude, nudity or anything overtly sexual was taboo in movies of the past.

One of the creative ways of going about this was using statues, of nude men or women, in the background or even included in the story itself. 

In GODDESS OF LOVE (1957), the story was about Praxiteles, a famous sculptor who sculpted, among other subjects, beautiful women. Massimo Girotti played Praxiteles and Belinda Lee was his favourite subject. Nude statues abound.

This shot from ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956) with Fredric March and Richard Burton, is pretty much centered on the subject. 

In the family friendly ANDROCLES AND THE LION (1954), nude statues are seen everywhere. Male statues had fig leaves covering their stuff. With Alan Young.

I don't think many people would complain in seeing Steve Reeves in the nude but this was the 1950s so they settled with almost nude with the actor and nude statues in THE GIANT OF MARATHON (1959), with fig leaves, to represent the full athletic form.

In APHRODITE - GODDESS OF LOVE (1958), Anthony Steffen played a sculptor. His studio is filled with nudes figures, including the one he's working on which is the subject of the title. The woman modelling for him is played by Irène Tunc (below) who discovers the real interest of the sculptor and it's not her.