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Subject: Raphael banned at RO?

ankhhehisi opened this issue on Apr 07, 2005 ยท 27 posts


ankhhehisi posted Thu, 07 April 2005 at 4:59 AM

This is a link to a Raphael painting at the National Gallery. In case you missed that day at Day Care, Raphael (1483 - 1520) was one of the most famous Renaissance artists, so famous, in fact, he was known by a single name. You will note that this picture would be banned by RO under the absurd child nudity rules. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG744 While none of us want child porn to be displayed ANYWHERE, there is a point where rules become nothing more than a blantant flag of how up tight and ignorant we, as a community, have allowed ourselves to become. While The Madonna and Baby Jesus are BANNED at RO, it is totally OK for pictures that are so blatently obscene to be displayed merely because a V3 appears to be over 18! BTW, V3 is barely over 2 years old I believe...ok, I'd have to check the DAZ website to be sure, but she was born not that long ago. If this doesn't seem like a skit from Monty Python to you, as it does to me, you deserve RO's absurd rules limiting your art and creativity. Rules for child pornography that include some of the oldest and finest paintings known to the human race! I am ashamed to be a memeber of such a community. I am aghast.