Word: botticellis
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...chilling effect this could have on Internet communications is widespread, and the focus on indecency affects more than just the Playboy Web site. Images of classical works of art like Michelangelo's "David" or Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" might no longer be available over the Internet, since the nudity displayed in the pieces would technically be indecent...
...such, enjoys a privileged position in their renowned architectural monograph. It is a monument to the splendor of the American Gilded Age and is an irreplaceable example of an historic episode in art and architectural taste. It can no more be created today than one could create a Botticelli tondo or a Cellini bronze: its makers have died and, with them, a precious moment in history. It is the high calling of great institutions--universities, cathedrals and museums--to preserve, protect and defend such architectural legacies--these exemplars of human genius--from the ravages and vagaries of man and time...
...Sharp Appetites" consists of three different approaches to the phenomenon of the female body in visual culture. "Fleshbags" is the most ambitious part of the exhibition because it spans the historical scope of the construction of female sexuality. Displays ranging from details of Botticelli's "Venus" to Manet's "Olympia" to Playboy cartoons remind the viewer that this is not just a criticism of a contemporary issue, but rather the problematic perceptions of the female body have been deeply imbedded and indoctrinated into social standards. The responsibility of art is a central issue; female nudes once considered the norm...
...middle of the night next to the museum's west wing. The fireball and blast killed five people, destroyed museum archives and an important library near the Uffizi, weakened some of its ancient structure, and destroyed or damaged a number of works of art. Luckily, none of them were Botticellis, Michelangelos, Leonardos or Titians. Paintings by 17th century followers of Caravaggio (two by Bartolommeo Manfredi and one by the Dutch artist Gerrit van Honthorst) were totally destroyed, and several others, including an important work by the Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo, were shredded by flying glass. No doubt the terrorists...
...ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for 40 years," says Elayne Boosler, shaking her Botticelli curls, "because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions...