[AggieSteph]

But one is forced to consider how much of our taste for what is and isn’t tacky is dictated by centuries of what we thought Greek/Roman art looked like.

I’m pretty sure that a brightly colored clown shooting an arrow would be tacky no matter your background.

[thecodont]

But one is forced to consider how much of our taste for what is and isn’t tacky is dictated by centuries of what we thought Greek/Roman art looked like.

I’m pretty sure that a brightly colored clown shooting an arrow would be tacky no matter your background.

I read somewhere that the wealthy Saudi princes who moved into the Beverly Hills mansions scandalized the neighbors by painting the garden statuary in flesh tones. Perhaps they were just being historically accurate and we didn't know it yet.