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b_b · 4670 days ago · link · · parent · post: Art's classical nudes get Photoshopped to be skinnier (NSFW)
I would have to assume so. There are a lot of art historians who have written specifically about the burly arms, legs and shoulders on the Renaissance female nudes. It seems to be a common thought that this happened because 1) many of the models were actually male, and 2) homosexuality was pervasive, but latent among Europe's elite in the Renaissance (which is certainly not mutually exclusive from point 1). I think the ideal female now is, although harsh at times in its judgment of the not-so-skinny, much more feminine.