In my respectful opinion, when we censor child nudity in art we are actually encouraging the hyper-sexualisation of the child's body, as if there is no other way to consider it than perversely. While I remain perplexed at this peculiar taboo of the age, I will try my best to comply with the rules, though I cannot promise that there will not be the occasional nude child in a painting. I let the evaluation to the discretion of the moderators...
I read somewhere that this section of the fresco
This art remind me of some pictures of The Barbary Coast Slave Trade theme, which some of them made by Otto Pilny (1866 – 1936):
As I’ve said before, I personally don’t think historical paintings, like this one, that may include a child should be a problem. But in today’s highly-charged moralistic political climate, our site does not need any unwanted attention from outside. The owner of our site has stated that he wants to avoid any such thing and so should we all. So, painful though it might be from our “art appreciation” sensibilities, let’s try to avoid such postings.
Well at least she gets to sit on a chair ..
Those Ottomans were much more polite back then than the folks in Arkansas today. So nice that they’ve even had furniture named after them.Well at least she gets to sit on a chair ..
Beside being gentlemanly like, sitting offers so many possibilities, such as lighting a fire to keep one's guests warm...
Is she embarrassed or secretly proud of their admiration of her body???
Nice try but the Athenian Judicial Council was not fooled.
