As Stephen Colbert has fun discussing the vagaries around what can, and what cannot, be shown on network TV, prompted by the sale for $170MM of Modigliani's painting Nu Couché.
Which calls to mind the Victorian Era Pre-Raphaelite artists who got away with painting plenty of un- (or diaphonously_ clothed women by choosing Greek and Roman classical, or pseudo-classical, subjects. "It's not porn — it's art!"
(Title via Tom Lehrer: https://youtu.be/iaHDBL7dVgs)
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