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Thursday 20 April 2006

The Classical Idealises, and therefore de-eroticises the human form. This is the meaning of Platonic Love; the erotic is sublimated and cancelled out.
Only someone completely oblivious of Classical Culture could blur the difference between the and the
Example of the ; 1) the Venus de Milo,Example of the ;2) girl in striped socks by Egon Schiele.

1) is not erotic/ographic, while 2) very much is.
2) is partly clothed, while 1) is completely .

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