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Mary Beard on the nude in western art

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43:06 | Feb 3rd, 2020

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Ahead of her new BBC Two series The Shock of the Nude, classicist Mary Beard discusses some of the thorny issues surrounding the naked body in western art over the centuries. Later on in the episode s...Show More



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rmmiller364 recommended:Dec 7th, 2020

Some great questions and observations in this podcast that mirror discussions that I like to have in my class: what is the line between an artistic nude and pornography? What is up with the Western world’s obsession with and anxieties about the nude body? Can viewers in the 21st century still find v...Show More

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epekilis recommended:Jan 14th, 2021

I thought this episode was:

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