The nudity is to symbolise Truth and Purity, according to what I remember from Art History and a book called something in Latin. BUT my professors were not at all Catholic.
Most of the early Christian art was loaded with sacred symbolism. I have a book about the symbolism and I will try to remember to dig it up.
BUT some of these paintings I am not so sure about! I have to admit it makes me uncomfortable these days. There is so much public filth and impurity it confuses the mind.