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** Quite a few artists from around the 19th century ran into this problem, I think-at the very least Thomas Eakins got into trouble for this(and a variety of other indiscretions). Sort of what happens when you get the right combination of prudery, the dawn of public art exhibitions, and artist not being dead enough to get away with nudes. |
** Quite a few artists from around the 19th century ran into this problem, I think-at the very least Thomas Eakins got into trouble for this(and a variety of other indiscretions). Sort of what happens when you get the right combination of prudery, the dawn of public art exhibitions, and artist not being dead enough to get away with nudes. |
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* Likewise, photos of nude women were considered art during photography's heyday as a serious art form, as photography was a recent invention at the time and widely considered a luxury few could afford to maintain. In particular, posing prepubescent girls for nude photos was in vogue when [[Lewis Carroll|a certain well-known mathematician and writer of nonsense children's literature]] decided to get in on the photography craze. Unfortunately, [[Values Dissonance]] and a lack of cultural context led some independent biographers to believe he had an unhealthy interest in young girls. |
* Likewise, photos of nude women were considered art during photography's heyday as a serious art form, as photography was a recent invention at the time and widely considered a luxury few could afford to maintain. In particular, posing prepubescent girls for nude photos was in vogue when [[Lewis Carroll|a certain well-known mathematician and writer of nonsense children's literature]] decided to get in on the photography craze. Unfortunately, [[Values Dissonance]] and a lack of cultural context led some independent biographers to believe he had an unhealthy interest in young girls. |
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* This Trope is often emphasized by "erotic fantasy" artists like [[Frank Frazetta]] and the husband-wife team of [[Boris Vallejo]] and Julie Bell, all "notorious" for their paintings of scantily clad or nude women (and occasionally men) in fantasy settings. |
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== Comics == |
== Comics == |
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