PSYC 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Contemporary Art, Nudity, Burt Reynolds
15 Dec 2018
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Sex in art is as ancient as art itself: shunga 794-1185 ad. Intention is different: erotica is generally defined as sexual content, depiction, body parts, etc. with intention to arouse emotion (aesthetic and emotional intention, pornography is intended to stimulate sexual arousal. Who decides: one of the toughest questions of our time, we"ve been grappling with it for the past 100 years, can obscenity be art, obscenity is offensive to community standards, goes against public morality. If it is offensive, it is obscene: robert mapplethorp, contemporary artist from 70s and 80s, photographer. What are the limits to the first amendment: anti-pornography movement, 1952: supreme court, ruled that motion pictures were protected by the first amendment rights, and. If there are ill social affects, maybe this isn"t right. Included a major internet censorship provision: at dawn of the internet, title v communications decency act regulating obscenity on the internet. Spin off magazines: porn for women, targeted audience of women, burt reynolds.
