Well, yeah. But, with rare exception, the point of the nude art was the glorification of the human form. It was created by gifted artists to uplift the spirit and inspire.
Tittilation was almost always an unintended consequence of the piece.
The purpose of nudes in porn is to tittilate and appeal to the pruient interest, inspiring masturbation.
Art and porn really don't have much in common. Well, except pretty naked ladies. :)
You haven't seen "Olympia", then. Or "Dejeuner sur L'Herbe", among others that caused a morality ruckus in their time. They're classics NOW, but they weren't born that way.
"But, with rare exception, the point of the nude art was the glorification of the human form. It was created by gifted artists to uplift the spirit and inspire.
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For sure. I remember being a young teenager, and those Playboy playmates sure seemed glorious to me. They certainly uplifted something and inspired something. Must be art, I guess.
Oh, puh-leeze. If artists had been able to separate glorification from titilation and present only the former, the effect on their patronage would have been more or less the same as the effect on Playboy's circulation if it had presented highbrow journalism without the nekkid wimmin.