Here's the first installation in the boobs from the St. Louis Museum of Art. It has me wondering...what's the difference between this and something lude? (I think on a visceral level, we know the difference. It's an instinctive reaction based on how we were raised.)
My question is more along the lines of how is it that we can have boobs all over an art museum and people are appalled at a woman breastfeeding? Granted, even I think they should have one of those covers.
I just think it would be interesting to trace the booby boundaries...what's acceptable and what's not - not only that but also WHY? As in, why are certain things acceptable and others not.
I learned that when they did the article in the ProJo last year, there was a big discussion about using the word boob or breast in the title or subtitle of the article. If you'll notice, it doesn't say "breast cancer", just "cancer.
I really don't care one way or the other. Just an interesting note.
I like this painting because the boobs are realistic. They're a little droopy and point downward and to the side instead of the idealized boobs with nipples that point straight ahead.
Title: "Woman (in Strong Light)", 1912, oil on canvas
Artist: Emil Nolde, German
