Thursday 3 December 2015

Classical Nudes


rokeby venus4

Some examples of classical nude paintings, the direction my essay is going in is about beauty standards and how classical nude paintings have informed beauty standards.

I've been reading John Berger's ways of seeing which has brought up some interesting points about classical nude paintings as a lot of the time they are praised for showing a realistic body shape but actually they are just as edited as modern imagery of women. Also they are mostly depicted without body hair, which is expected of the modern woman.


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