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Feminism and Diversity

Starry Messenger

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13. I don't think heroic sculpture was used to sell beauty products by the billions of dollars.

Reply to rrneck (Reply #6)

Sun May 27, 2012, 11:20 PM

May 2012

There is also the issue of mass reproduction of images, which wasn't a problem in ancient Greece. Second, the heroic ideal was a specific genre. Actual portraiture was based in observed details of reality, and while flattering wasn't quite as utopian.

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