La censura en el Arte

Art through history has strongly contended against censorship, although Art is a fundamental pillar in our society, it is the same society that has imposed numerous prohibitions regarding the expression of artistic works, although this was not always the case, in the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations their gods were represented in imposing sculptures and paintings where they were shown naked, showing features of idyllic perfection, showing in this same way a quite liberal society, something that was changing with time and definitely with the arrival of the middle ages and the expansion of Christianity and the Inquisition, who had the intention of purifying society, persecuting anyone who dared to think differently, strongly prohibiting any artistic expression that will move away from religiosity. In the story some disputes are recorded as was the case of Maestro Miguel Ángel, who was branded immoral for his magnificent work The Final Judgment, whose scene portrays souls of naked human beings which rise to the heavens or fall to the abysses, work which was later modified by order of Pope Pius V by Daniel da Volterra, disciple of Michelangelo, who was commissioned to paint cloths to cover the naked parts.

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Censorship in media and social networks

The media censorship is not something new, it is something that has been present in our society since the appearance of the printed media, by the influence of governments or companies that feel panic of public opinion, a problem that was aggravated by the modernization of said means, today it would be a great controversy to show on national television a work of nude art totally uncensored, be it painting or photography, while the reports on robberies, murders and kidnappings are broadcast to all audiences during primetime. Although Social Networks intended to be a space with Freedom of Expression, in recent years there has been a constant and ascending conflict about what is politically correct and what is not, causing certain restrictions regarding the content that It can be shown to the public. As time passes, the prohibitions of certain contents become stronger, this being worrying for many artists who in their work show the beauty of the human body with total naturalness, who show eroticism and sexuality as something extremely human, something that identifies us in many ways. It is very likely that these content restrictions reach the point where social networks, be Facebook, Instagram, Twitter among others, are as strict as conventional media in an attempt to adapt the community to a content "Family Friendly", cataloging nudes as "Inappropriate Content". While Freedom of Expression is the fundamental principle of social networks, which were created to share that content that would be impossible to appreciate in conventional media, I believe that a balance must be maintained, first of all, clarifying that Pornography and Eroticism are two totally different things, and normalizing the Erotic content to the point where the vast majority of society accepts that the naked human body and its sexuality is the greatest proof of the magnificence of our own existence.

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The process

This work is an absurd and very basic attempt to replicate a beautiful illustration that I found browsing the internet, I found it by mistake and downloaded it, I found it quite interesting, I have seen it on a couple of occasions browsing Facebook however I have not found a direct link to the original work, in any way, I want to emphasize that this is just an attempt to replicate and that the original work is not mine.

Original Image

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The colors

This work has an aura of intimacy and darkness, is full of cold tones, which vary between blues and blacks, contrasted by some areas of warm colors that in my opinion represent the warmth of the company, the connection between lovers.

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The Finished Artwork

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The main reason why this work caught my attention the first time I saw it was because it reminded me of a painting I did a little over a year ago, which is also a replica of an illustration, however the I replied using oil paintings, it was one of my last paintings, it was my first attempt to paint impressionism and it is one of my favorite paintings, it is still for sale, meanwhile it will continue to decorate one of the walls of my house.

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"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"

Voltaire

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