A size zero Venus, as imagined by Anna Utopia Giordano. Click for source.

What if Venus had “modeled” for Victoria’s Secret instead of Bouguereau? Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano took a Photoshop scalpel to 12 famous nude Venuses to see what art history class would’ve been like “if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past.” As a result, rounded bellies become concave, modest bosoms are augmented, and thighs are minimized.

Among the dozen Venuses reduced to size zero bodies is the one Bouguereau painted in his Naissance de Venus (Birth of Venus, 1879). Shown above is a close-up. Below you can compare the two versions. Click the first to visit the gallery where you will find nearly a hundred contemporary variations on the original Bouguereau painting. Click the second to visit the site where all great Venuses in art history have been slimmed down.