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Funny enough, there is a text description on the woodcut itself. If you click through to the photo on Wikipedia I believe there's a translation in the descripti

Funny enough, there is a text description on the woodcut itself. If you click through to the photo on Wikipedia I believe there's a translation in the description. For the lazy: it's pure, unadulterated smut

TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
Rhetorical question to make you think: where do we draw the line between smut and art?
- nurettin 6y ago
  smut is gratituous and without meaning and has a singular purpose. It is pretty easy to tell apart.
  - wrycoder 6y ago
    Then this is art.
    - 0_____0 6y ago
      MAIDEN: You hateful octopus! Your sucking at the mouth of my womb makes me gasp for breath! Aah! yes… it’s…there!!! With the sucker, the sucker!! Inside, squiggle, squiggle, oooh! Oooh, good, oooh good! There, there! Theeeeere! Goood! Whew! Aah! Good, good, aaaaaaaaaah! Not yet! Until now it was I that men called an octopus! An octopus! Ooh! Whew! How are you able…!? Ooh! “yoyoyooh, saa… hicha hicha gucha gucha, yuchyuu chyu guzu guzu suu suuu….”
    - 082349872349872 6y ago
      (Art ∨ smut)? At least it's consensual, unlike Dr. Hill's trysting with a bubble headed coed. I don't see any hectocotyli so it's possible The Fisherman's Wife passes the Bechdel test.
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  - claudiawerner 6y ago
    It's not so clear; not only is there porn that has meaning or even a message(think some fanfiction, or certain hentai manga), but erotic art sits in a strange position. Philosophers still argue about whether 'erotic art' is art, or whether it can be delineated from porn at all. Not to mention, there are contemporary (last five years) arguments for and against porn itself being art. You can make a reasonable case (i.e. one taken seriously by experts in the field) either way.
- recuter 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
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- echlebek 6y ago
  That's something for parents to do for their children, and for me to not care about.
jgwil2 6y ago
Incorrect. It's erotic art, but art nonetheless. Otherwise we wouldn't be discussing it.
- 0_____0 6y ago
  Maybe I have a only a loose grasp of how those words are defined but in my interpretation 'art' and 'smut' are not mutually exclusive
  - jgwil2 6y ago
    Fair enough. In my understanding "smut" is typically a synonym for pornography, and pornography is generally only valued for its ability to arouse or titillate.
    - akimball 6y ago
      Also a good description of most art.
- nix23 6y ago
  Can we please talk about NoSQL Databases now?
inopinatus 6y ago
I've never quibbled, If it was ribald. When correctly viewed, Everything is lewd.

TedDoesntTalk 6y ago

Rhetorical question to make you think: where do we draw the line between smut and art?

nurettin 6y ago
smut is gratituous and without meaning and has a singular purpose. It is pretty easy to tell apart.
- wrycoder 6y ago
  Then this is art.
  - 0_____0 6y ago
    MAIDEN: You hateful octopus! Your sucking at the mouth of my womb makes me gasp for breath! Aah! yes… it’s…there!!! With the sucker, the sucker!! Inside, squiggle, squiggle, oooh! Oooh, good, oooh good! There, there! Theeeeere! Goood! Whew! Aah! Good, good, aaaaaaaaaah! Not yet! Until now it was I that men called an octopus! An octopus! Ooh! Whew! How are you able…!? Ooh! “yoyoyooh, saa… hicha hicha gucha gucha, yuchyuu chyu guzu guzu suu suuu….”
  - 082349872349872 6y ago
    (Art ∨ smut)? At least it's consensual, unlike Dr. Hill's trysting with a bubble headed coed. I don't see any hectocotyli so it's possible The Fisherman's Wife passes the Bechdel test.
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- claudiawerner 6y ago
  It's not so clear; not only is there porn that has meaning or even a message(think some fanfiction, or certain hentai manga), but erotic art sits in a strange position. Philosophers still argue about whether 'erotic art' is art, or whether it can be delineated from porn at all. Not to mention, there are contemporary (last five years) arguments for and against porn itself being art. You can make a reasonable case (i.e. one taken seriously by experts in the field) either way.
recuter 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_know_it_when_I_see_it
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echlebek 6y ago
That's something for parents to do for their children, and for me to not care about.

jgwil2 6y ago

Incorrect. It's erotic art, but art nonetheless. Otherwise we wouldn't be discussing it.

0_____0 6y ago
Maybe I have a only a loose grasp of how those words are defined but in my interpretation 'art' and 'smut' are not mutually exclusive
- jgwil2 6y ago
  Fair enough. In my understanding "smut" is typically a synonym for pornography, and pornography is generally only valued for its ability to arouse or titillate.
  - akimball 6y ago
    Also a good description of most art.
nix23 6y ago
Can we please talk about NoSQL Databases now?

inopinatus 6y ago

I've never quibbled, If it was ribald. When correctly viewed, Everything is lewd.