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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Art's great nudes have gone skinny

nudes: Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, complete with hips, thighs and tummy Photograph: Uffizi Gallery, Florence/Corbis
nudes: Botticelli reimagined
And Botticelli's Venus updated by Anna Utopia Giordano Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
Angelo Bronzino's Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time Photograph: National Gallery, London/Corbis
nudes: Bronzino reimagined
Bronzino's Venus loses her curves in her 21st-century makeover Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Alexandre Cabanel: The Birth of Venus
Alexandre Cabanel: The Birth of Venus Photograph: The Gallery Collection/Corbis
nudes: Cabanel reimagined
Cabanel's Venus is considerably lighter Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Artemisia Gentileschi The Sleeping Venus
Artemisia Gentileschi: The Sleeping Venus Photograph: Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation, New Jersey
nudes: Gentileschi reimagined
Gentileschi's Venus still sleeps, but she's not quite the woman she used to be Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Ingres: Venus Anadyomene
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres: Venus Anadyomene Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
nudes: Ingres reimagined
Ingres' Venus is now more girlish, her proportions skewed Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Velazquez: The Toilet of Venus
Velazquez: The Toilet of Venus (AKA Venus and Cupid or the Rokeby Venus) Photograph: Hulton Archives/getty
nudes: Velazques reimagined
Where has Velazques's sumptuousness gone? Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
nudes: Titian: The Venus of Urbino
Titian: The Venus of Urbino Photograph: Uffizi Gallery, Florence/Corbis
nudes: Titian reimagined
Titian's Venus reimagined by Anna Utopia Giordano Photograph: www.annautopiagiordano.it
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