... Prior to the Renaissance the type of people depicted in art were purely noblemen or royalty. As the Renaissance took hold and a stronger class system emerged, art was extended to the middle and working classes allowing the ordinary people to be immortalised in art as opposed to just those who ... praised female sexuality. Often commented on as being erotic, it is more likely that Titian's images were a reflection of the time when individuals were defined by human sexuality which was seen as central to an individual's identity and personality' (Goffin Rona, Discourse: Feminism and Art Hi...

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