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Feast Your Eyes On A Slimmer Venus

The Huffington Post UK   First Posted: 24/02/2012 18:09 GMT Updated: 28/12/2012 16:28 GMT

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They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. A worrying truth considering all we see nowadays are images of tall, slim women with flawless faces, no wrinkles and long curly manes.

The latest artist to question our notions of beauty is Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano, who hit headlines recently by putting Venus on a serious diet.

Giordano has taken a few liberties with some iconic Renaissance paintings such as Bougeureau’s The Birth of Venus and Richard’s The Power of Venus, and given them a virtual makeover to resemble the figures we are used to seeing on magazine covers - rubbing a little bottom off here, administering a digital tummy tuck there.

It’s not the only time the artist, who also works as a model and actress, has addressed social issues through her creativity.

The intentions behind her latest project Pop Bottles with its slogan "parents, please, feed your kids responsibly", are clear.

“This is an art project to raise social awareness on topics such as alcohol abuse by teens, alcohol abuse by pregnant women, the disinterest of some parents towards their children (abandoned for days between toys and video games), how far marketers can go to gain the attention of their younger customers,” the artist told The Huffington Post UK.

Giordano is a very socially conscious, talented artist and we can’t wait to see what she does next.

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  • Boticelli's <em>La Nascita di Venere</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Boticelli's <em>La Nascita di Venere</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Velazquez's <em>Venere e Cupido</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Velazquez's <em>Venere e Cupido</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Tiziano's <em>Venere di Urbino</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Tiziano's <em>Venere di Urbino</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Hayez's <em>Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Hayez's <em>Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Gentilischi's <em>The Sleeping Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Gentilischi's <em>The Sleeping Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Bronzino's <em>Venus, Cupid, Folly And Time</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Bronzino's <em>Venus, Cupid, Folly And Time</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Cabarnel's <em>The Birth Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Cabarnel's <em>The Birth Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Bougeureau's <em>The Birth Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Bougeureau's <em>The Birth Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Richard's <em>The Power Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • Richard's <em>The Power Of Venus</em> PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

  • <em>POP Bottles</em> - "Parents, please, feed your kids responsibly." PHOTO: Anna Utopia Giordano

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hopein2012
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07:36 PM on 02/27/2012
i like thin but as long as the person is happy, that is all that matters.
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07:35 PM on 02/27/2012
I would imagine that the original artist would not appreciate their work being taken so lightly. Women from this era were curvy. The problem with changing them is the same problem we have today with advertising...they computer enhance so much and people starve themselves and it is not healthy. It may be unhealthy to overeat, it is just as dangerous to starve yourself...and every single anorexic person on this planet will scream at me "I EAT!"...I am sure you do...the one single food that you have found with the least calories that takes the most energy to burn and you eat only 1/16th of a portion. Before you ask...no...I am not obese thanks...I am right in the center of the average for my height and I am told I am very healthy, but I will be happy to say...I would rather see a few extra pounds than skin hanging from bones. So many people in history has been starved as torture...why would you do it to yourself? And why would anybody want to change these beautiful works of art? To the person who changed them...it would be like someone coming up to her and saying...I don't like how you look, so I am just going to change you to fit what I think you should look like. This artist would never go for that.
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Kailei
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07:27 PM on 02/27/2012
It just shows you how times have changed I guess :/ Unfortunate, because you can be healthy in a lot of sizes. It really depends on your height and where you hold weight...too bad women like this aren't usually seen as beautiful these days like they were back then! But everyone can be beautiful. It is just unfortunate that people take it upon themselves to criticize the looks of people they don't even know.
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Am I not turtle enough for the turtle club?
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07:24 PM on 02/27/2012
I am suprise they did not give her huge stripper breast too! Why would someone mess with such a piece of art? I find it offensive.
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Kailei
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07:50 PM on 02/27/2012
It was just to show how they would look if they were drawn today.
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Am I not turtle enough for the turtle club?
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11:47 PM on 02/27/2012
I understand that, it still offends me. It is like taking the Mona Lisa and giving her extendec lobes, multiple pearcings, and blond and orange hair. Tasteful? Not even.
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04:57 PM on 02/27/2012
Women in any shape are nice!
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03:39 PM on 02/27/2012
Venus now looks androgynous - with shoulders wider than her hips :-(
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02:08 PM on 02/27/2012
So...it's better to be anorexic than chubby?
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gdwn
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05:50 PM on 02/27/2012
Exactly what I was thinking.
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