Classic Paintings of Curvy Women Reworked Through Photoshop

Back in history, Renaissance painters captured the female body realistically instead of adjusting it here and there for a more svelte figure. Nowadays, it’s no secret that every face and body gracing magazine covers are Photoshopped and Lauren Wade shows what famous works of art would look like had they been treated with the same digital magic. As a senior photo editor for TakePart.com, Wade has seen it all when it comes to manipulating images to fit modern society’s standards of beauty. According to her, “We’ve taken a digital liquefy brush to the painstakingly layered oils of some of the most celebrated paintings of the female form, nipping and tucking at will. There may be something sacrilegious in that, but the same could be said for our contemporary ideas of beauty.” Take a close look at how these curvy women of classic times are given thinner thighs, shapelier breasts and flatter stomachs with a blink of an eye.