“The Origin of the World”, Courbet’s most legendary work, represents the sex of a woman although it hides her face from the lady and reveals one of her bare breasts. On the other hand, in “Freedom guiding the people” a young woman hoists the flag of France and leads the people to revolt and revolution bare-breasted.
For decades, Courbet’s work was considered scandalous until, finally, the Orsay’s Museum he made it one of his most celebrated jewels. On the other hand, the bare breasts of the protagonist of “Liberty Leading the People” were never a scandal and she has always been part of the artistic, cultural and political tradition of France.
Beyond being works that are part of the French artistic canon, the works of Courbet and Delacroix do not respect the arithmetic algorithms used by Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to authorize or disavow images that could be erotic or pornographic.
According to the official opinion of the Academy of Fine Arts, this manifest incapacity of social networks, of evidently planetary influence, is a simply idiotic and sleepwalking form of censorship, becoming a threat to the freedom of dissemination and promotion of classical art.
It is not the first conflict that has been unleashed by the “incompatibility” between works of art and the algorithms that define the guidelines for publishing on social networks.
In October of last year, after the censorship of social networks such as Instagram, Tik Tok or Facebook by algorithms that do not distinguish art from pornography, the great museums of Vienna decided to migrate to the OnlyFans adult content platform, in which they share works of art where nudity or images of “explicit” content appear.
Source: Ambito
David William is a talented author who has made a name for himself in the world of writing. He is a professional author who writes on a wide range of topics, from general interest to opinion news. David is currently working as a writer at 24 hours worlds where he brings his unique perspective and in-depth research to his articles, making them both informative and engaging.
