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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
Bateman is a candy bar salesman who became a university president, and in one of his first public speeches, commited plagiarism.
That's all you need to know. The Rodin debacle was just par for the course.
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I had a man once (LAPD homicide detective, no less) tell me that Michelangelo's
David was pornographic. He was convinced (probably still is) that it was the 16th century's version of Hustler (or the equivalent for nude males).
Although I couldn't convince him that
David was not porn, I assured him that I could probably dig up some real pornography from the 16th century and he could decide for himself.
E.g.
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=003...3E2.0.CO%3B2-I
[Don't worry, it's a scholarly article - not a photo website]