Have you ever wondered why in the olden days nude photos/painting were art, while today it's pornography?

Question

no, if a photo of a woman standing naked is displayed in public, it will be called porn, reguardless of what she has inserted where...

Answer 1

Sure, I have wondered that. That brain of yours never stops thinking, does it.

Answer 2

Take a painting class. You'll learn pretty quick what is art and what is not.

Posing for sexual arousal = porn
Posing for visual arousal = art

The rules for nude photography are exactly the same as painting. The context means everything. If she's naked standing in a city scene, that's art. If she's naked taking up a standard porn pose, such as the classic sitting her knees and leaning back to expose her breasts, or spread eagle, or any shot showing the clitoris.

There's a reason standard porn poses exist. They maximize breast and vagina exposure. Art does not. In fact, many artistic nudes hide one or both, or reveal just a little but not enough to be sexual.

Answer 3

There is a big difference between the two, which I'm not going into. (because I completely disagree with the person towards the top, a sexual pic can still be art) Anyway, they shouldn't be displayed publicly. I have young enough children that I don't want them viewing alot of nudity, art or not. They learn enough as it is.

Answer 4

because people and times were different and the people had a different perspective and sense towards nudity than today. back then it was an art to capture something so realistic while today you see so many women naked on Playboy, FHM, Maxim and whatever other magazines guys drool over. back then people actually had an appreciation for good things as oppossed to now -look a thru a art book and see the change of time for yourself!

Answer 5

Well nude photography and porno are different. There is still nude photography and it is still considered art... then there is a porno, which by some people's standards can be considered art as well. It just depends on how tasteful the photos are. What the model is doing in the photo etc.

Answer 6

You're mistaken.

Nudepainting / photos are always an work of art. Even today, it is considered & appreciated as ART!

But phorno is a different kind of animal!

"pornography
: Books, pictures, films, etc designed to be sexually arousing, often offensive owing to their explicit nature."

How can one call these pornographic materials, Sexually arousing in an explicit way, thereby often causing offence as pieces of art?
Pornography is the representation of lewd, indecent, obscene, offensive, filthy, dirty, blue (slang), smutty, bawdy, coarse, prurient, off-colour (US), X-rated, risqué, salacious materials.

Let's not get confused or confuse between the two!

Source: Allwords Dictionary

Answer 7

Back then the chics didn't have a Louisville Slugger sticking out of their @ss! When they would pose for a shot, it had nothing to do with a dildo machine powered by a food mixer...

Have you ever seen the "artwork" of Robert Mapplethorpe?

Answer 8

That is not true. Are you talking about comparing a naked woman with a woman having her fingers inserted in her vagina?

Answer 9

people had larger minds in the olden days...
they had the ability to think outside the box
now a days, people think what they are told to think
(no matter how liberal a person)

+ all the weird people who are out here now, were out then but they were more discreet and now we have more tools and more of a need to find the perverts

Answer 10

I think it's still art if it's done tastefully, but if you are going to show all kinds of weird positions and too much of the goodies, then it becomes something else.

Answer 11

Yes but the view is based on portrayal and exhibitions are usually not allowed.