On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:47:46 -0500, Winston Smith
<Winston.Smith@Victory.Mansions.com> wrote:
>Tedn'Alice@notellin.com wrote in news:6aa8031m3q2ni3sphdeanf4jlsrtm6ba90@
>4ax.com:
>
>> I think it is our common misconception that the Victorian Age was
>> defined by extreme sexual inhibition in an atmosphere of moral
>> tryanny, for so many photographers at the turn of the 19th century
>> regularly photographed nudes, both for science and art. Photography
>> was still a new and exciting form of art, when the rendition of the
>> human form was seen as a thing of beauty rather than an abomination.
>> It was the period of Pluschow and Von Gloeden, Sutcliffe ... so many.
>>
>> World War I changed that idyllic time forever, at least in Western
>> Europe and the United States. The airbrush replaced the Pope's
>> figleaf and nudes were "sanitized" for popular consumption.
>>
>> I'm not sure why. Does anyone?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "That which is not just is not law"
>>
>
>Except that Oliver Hill worked in the 30's
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You are quite right! The styles should have tipped me off
immediately. I stand corrected and thank you for this clarification.
I believe my analysis yet has merit, however. I would be surprised to
find Hill's work ever appeared in media meant for wide-spread
distribution.
"That which is not just is not law"
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