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I had someone once say of Michelangelo's David, which applies to "Bathsheba at Her Bath" or the Infant suckling on his Mother's breast, was "pornographic." Rankled me much. In a time when much of the world was illiterate, pictures and sculpture served as story telling devices, and as a result the brilliance in both vision and craft of yesterday's Doré or today's Gentileschi family served to convey these stories. Artistry is forever, seen through visionary eyes and talented hands,
Those paintings are beautiful.