[Foundation-l] Jimbo's Sexual Image Deletions

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> Gregory Maxwell wrote:
>>
>> By in my first few clicks on Jimmy's deletion log I instantly found
>> several hundred year old works of art by artists who have articles in
>> almost every major language Wikipedia.
>>
>>
>>   
>
> I confess I found a certain poignancy in reading the article
> on one of the victims.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adolphe_Bouguereau
>
> "Bouguereaus works were eagerly bought by
> American millionaires who considered him the most
> important French artist of that time. But after 1920,
> Bouguereau fell into disrepute, due in part to changing
> tastes and partly to his staunch opposition to the
> Impressionists who were finally gaining acceptance.
> *For decades following, his name was not even
> mentioned in encyclopedias.*"
>
> (emphasis mine)
>
> How sad.
>
>
> Yours,
>
> Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
>
>
>

Apologies for replying to my own message, but that
was a false alarm. In this case the link was broken
because a better quality image had been uploaded
with a different name, apparently.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen