Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s most notorious painting

Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by jansan on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:16AM (#25456925)

Sitting at my desk when suddenly my boss was standing behind me, watching me reading HN. Asked what I am doing, I say "nothing, just browsing for food for thought". To show him an example I randomly click on one of the headlines...

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Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by muro on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:02PM (#25457456)

Any other year, this would be a believable story.

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Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by 77pt77 on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:21AM (#25456966)

There's so much hair by today's standard that you can barely see anything.

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Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by DataWorker on Thursday December 17, 2020 @11:43AM (#25457221)

The hair is a thing in itself in some cultures.

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Re:Gustave Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’, 19th Century’s m... by HarryHirsch on Thursday December 17, 2020 @12:02PM (#25457462)

Yes. It's important to remember that the person who commissioned the painting was a Muslim, and in Islam both men and women are supposed to shave their genital area and underarms, because that's their proper state, according to islamic belief.

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