Art historian SMASH

[sienamystic]

Via poisoninjest, daphnep has discovered a few "improvements" made to classical art. Because if you're going to make a cheap resin cast of something to sell to the masses, it's best to trim down the waist of Botticelli's Venus. We can't have her looking pudgy now, can we?

Observe the horrors

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[(Anonymous)]

This gives me the CREEPS but want to use it next week as I attempt to teach Botticelli, a slippery pursuit at best for me.

It also makes me wish I were a Renaissance woman, where my waist would be just about perfect. Grrr.

Jess
By the way, Bomarzo brought me down memory lane. That one is coming up in class, too.

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

She's put up a follow-up post here, if you're interested.

I think I just scanned Hoochie Pudeca *g*