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Historic art is Beautiful but I Guess the Women Were Fatties?

Best idea ever brought to you by the good people at TakePart.com: historic pieces of art that show the shift in body image in our culture from beautiful voluptuous woman to too-skinny manish photoshopped models whose thighs don’t touch.

There are just a few of these – for more check out TakePart.com

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Grande Odalisque, 1814

 

Raphael, Three Graces, 1504–1505

 

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1486


(A version of this appeared on BNR)

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