What's the difference between porn and art?

Published: 19 March 2019
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It’s not so straightforward. Professor Lise takes us through this tricky question.

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Sex and art have been bedfellows for a long time. Nudity has been ubiquitous in paintings and sculptures beginning way back in the day — the 130 BC Day — with things like the Venus De Milo. From Titian’s Venus of Urbino to Michelangelo’s David, artists have admired the human form and made some sensual images that are still identifiable as art.

But from there, things have got a bit…fuzzier.


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