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Isn't an embarrassingly large fraction of classical art just nude women?
by atomicnumber3 5y ago
Isn't an embarrassingly large fraction of classical art just nude women?
- akomtu 5y agoMichelangelo would be indeed embarrassed if he knew his Venus is called "just a nude woman."
- xwolfi 5y agoHe'd say with a smile that it's instead a representation of a good Catholic with the body God gave her. He knew, he did it on purpose, his clients wanted it that way, and the church approved and asked for more, probably because they knew and wanted it that way too ;)
- xwolfi 5y agoIt was designed on purpose to be puritan-compatible pornography indeed. This is not a secret in Europe, where we fight tooth and nails to let wikipedia show pictures of vagina because it's high art. There is nothing embarrassing about it, it's done with a wry smile.