The internet is for porn

So, I was trying to come up with a topic for today’s blog and did a google image search for “famous nudes”. I was expecting some famous paintings and sculptures. But the results are mostly porn, some celebrity nudes and celebrity fake nudes.

Seriously, what the fuck?!?  (Or perhaps I should ask “Why the fuck?”)

The first “art nude” result is Helmut Newton’s “Sie Kommen (Dressed and Naked)”. Okay, yes, This is famous. 

A bit further down is Paul Delvaux’s Nymphs Bathing.

I don’t recognize this painting or even the name of the painter. Does anybody else? Is it famous?

There’s an Edward Weston Nude in the Doorway (Charis, Santa Monica) which I almost missed because it's so subtle compared to all the porn on that results page. Edward Weston is fairly well-known. 

The next non-porn is this: Walter Chin 25 Nudes.

(I don't know this photographer. These seem to be more glamour/fashion photos, even though they’re nudes, i.e., not clothed. These appear to be fashion models, and this photographer’s work appears in fashion magazines.)

Porn, porn, porn, etc...then Arthur Hacker’s A Female Nude at her Toilet.

Again, I don’t recognize this.

Scrolling further down, the first famous nude painting that I recognize isn’t even a famous nude painting. It’s somebody’s imitation of a famous nude painting: Édouard Manet’s Olympia. 

Clearly, Trekkie Monster from Avenue Q is correct: the internet IS for porn.