William A. Bouguereau In Graceful Art

If a man from the past had the ability to travel to this age of ours then he would criticize our current beauty values. I don't believe that our current values are natural or help women lead better lives, and I believe that the man from the past will agree with me.

Seeing those paintings by Bouguereau is truly inspiring, he was depicting goddesses and their perfect beauty, but his idea of a beautiful woman sure is different from the strange ideas we have now; the women in those pictures aren't underweight, they look healthy, and you can't see any clothes that restricts their freedom or any sexual values that are associated with their nudity.

For example, in the Nymphaeum you can see a lot of beautiful women together, you feel their enjoyment of this pure state of being. I don't find any perverse values as those that can be found in some of the "artistic" representations of women that are produced in this age. Technology was abused to attack the real beauty of women, even on some of the websites that claim to be open about sexuality.

He will walk in our streets and wonder about the high heels and feel that the women are hiding their beauty behind thick masks of make-up, he will be shocked by the perverse pornography and will be able to enjoy the truly artistic nude photographs, and will curse the photographers for not being able to produce good images when they have that great invention that can capture the precious moments in seconds.

It's through this man's eye that I am trying to choose my galleries. I want them to be simple and at the same time respectful towards the women. Galleries that preserve the high status of those courageous women who take the risk of sharing their beauty and freedom with all of us.

I hope that you will enjoy this gallery of the graceful paintings of this great french artist.