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There is a certain aesthetic in public sculpture wherein the human body is unclothed and yet quite asexual. It can be seen in public statuary in certain areas i
by euroderf 3y ago
There is a certain aesthetic in public sculpture wherein the human body is unclothed and yet quite asexual. It can be seen in public statuary in certain areas in certain eras.
I think that this phenom is not unrelated to the subject of the article. It is a kind of glorification of "health" or "physical well-being" - but the nudity speaks to something that is far, far away from sexuality.
It can kinda give ya the creeps.
- smackeyacky 3y agoPlatonism, the worship of ideal forms. Its also associated with 1930s fascism. It is unsurprising that the rise of modern fascism has arrived complete with its iconography.