j1clark@ucsd.edu
Veteran
Why did I have the feeling all the time that a lot of the painters working for the catholic church would ... subliminally, one could say ... transfer the message to me that naked women are.... ummhh... somehow interesting.....? Those renaissance people.... ;-)
Well, that was before the Council of Trent legislated nudity from Church Art, and it went down hill from there... and the Protestants often used Church Art as grounds for censure and as such, frequently destroyed frescoes and paintings as 'idolatry'... but I digress...