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If we're pointing out the most pervasive tropes in art history, it's difficult to get past the female nude. From Rokeby Venus , Velazquez's sensual tribute to the Roman goddess of love, to Olympia , Manet's rendition of a lounging courtesan, these naked women have long anointed as geniuses the Great Male Artists who conceived them. And these geniuses weren't just dab hands with oil paint! Their nudes were so masterly, they also sowed the seeds for a de facto femininity, one that cast women as sensuous nymphs for the taking or coy objects whose contours only appeared once a man imagined them into being. Credit: Vault.


Why does a female nude painted by a female artist pose such a threat?




Nude painting of PM Harper sold for $5, | CTV News
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ruled it had no jurisdiction to hear the complaint lodged against the Kingston Frontenac Public Library for displaying the unauthorized nude depiction of Harper. Curtis Stewart of St. Albert, Alta. Titled Emperor Haute Couture, it shows a smiling, unclothed Harper reclined on a chaise lounge with a dog by his feet and a woman in business attire offering him a Tim Hortons cup on a silver platter. Margaret Sutherland, the Kingston, Ont. The painting's title is also supposed to be a satirical take on the "The Emperor's New Clothes," a children's story by Hans Christian Anderson about a vain king who wears no clothes because he believes his new suit is invisible to those unfit to see it. Newfoundland and Labrador's new Liberal premier says he is planning to run for his seat in the west coast riding that former premier Dwight Ball will soon vacate.



Nude painting of PM Harper sold for $5,000
Artist Margaret Sutherland posted on her Facebook page that there was a "tsunami of press and offers to buy" the painting during the Victoria Day weekend. The large oil on canvas, which Stephen Harper did not pose for, shows the prime minister reclining on a chaise lounge wearing nothing but a subtle smile. A dog rests at his feet as a woman in business attire offers him what looks like a Tim Hortons cup on a silver platter. Gallery owner Mary Sue Rankin said amid all the hubub the painting has created, Sutherland's piece ultimately has a serious message about Harper not living up to his promises.





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