Art inspired by beauty

[Dutch Uncle]

This is in a sense inspired by the thread on whether misery is at the core of Great Art, or not.
( http://outofthefog.net/C-PTSD/forum/index.php?topic=1932.0 )

In the past weeks this story has been in the news ( http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/nov/10/modiglianis-reclining-nude-fetches-second-highest-ever-art-auction-price ) and I must confess: this painting has had me in tears, more than once.

So I don't want to share this for the money-value it has fetched, but for the beauty, and the no doubt beautiful source that was the inspiration to make it.

The title of the painting is "Reclining Nude", which has all the **trigger warnings** in it that might be warranted.

[Flutterbye]

DU, wondering why this had you in tears, tears of sadness, of joy?

To me it looks predictable/commonplace.. it looks like just another objectified young woman, the muse of just another artist who liked looking at & sexualising beautiful young women.