Nude representations were then presented to the public as being of artistic interest. Accepted in painting and sculpture as an idealized, often mythological form, it became scandalous when captured by the camera Photography was seen as too real, too direct—a mirror of truth in an era when art was expected to be an interpretation. These 19th century artists were pushing boundaries and often creating great art To use the nude body in ways never allowed before in history, and yet to accomplish this without seeming either prudish or pornographic, was something the greater of these artists were able to achieve.
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