The woman and the pony were posed before velvet draperies which were fringed with deedlee-balls. They were flanked by Doric columns. In front of one column was a potted palm. The Picture that Weary had was a print of the first dirty photograph in history. The word photography was first used in 1839, and it was in that year, too, that Louis J. M. Daguerre revealed to the French Academy that an image formed on a silvered metal plate covered with a thin film of silver iodide could be developed in the presence of mercury vapor.
In 1841, only two years later, an assistant to Daguerre, AndrÈ Le FËvre, was arrested in the Tuileries Gardens for attempting to sell a gentleman a picture of the woman and the pony. That was where Weary bought his picture,, too-in the Tuileries. Le FËvre argued that the picture was fine art, and that his intention was to make Greek mythology come alive. He said that columns and the potted palm proved that.
When asked which myth he meant to represent, Le FËvre, replied that there were thousands of myths like that, with the woman a mortal and the pony a god.
He was sentenced to six months in prison. He died there of pneumonia. So it goes.
-- Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five

vudukungfu: Last Man on Earth: Lord love a duck.

/So did Leda

That movie had the creepiest scene in it unless you like seeing girls with "Daddy" issues.

Huh? Not sure what movie you mean. I was quoting an episode of Boston Legal.

The actual picture is quite a bit different than the statue pictured in the article. Trying to raise that to bestiality is still a hell of a stretch but if that actual picture was visible while riding by on a bus (i.e. highly public) that's definitely pushing social norms. Not agreeing that government has any right to force them to take it down but sometimes a bit of tact on the part of gallery owner is a good idea.

Gergesa: Jeez let's hope they don't hear about the necrophilia and bestiality in the twilight universe.

You forgot rape.

By that kind of logic I want this piece of art taken down for it's depiction of cannibalism

"They stood there and didn't leave until we took the piece down."

You should've let them stand there until closing then call 911 if they refused to leave at closing time.

I love how a piece of art can get someones panties in a wad.

Is this swan porn still ok?