Woke uni chiefs slap trigger warning on one of world’s best known paintings — because it features nudity
WOKE uni chiefs have slapped a trigger warning on one of the world’s best known paintings — because it features nudity.
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus — which shows the naked goddess emerging from the sea — is among classical paintings which have been flagged.
Art students at The University of Roehampton, Surrey, are warned they may encounter “some images of nudity” on the course.
Monty Python star Terry Gilliam — who famously reinvented the painting as a cartoon — branded it “utter pathetic bs”.
Michael Daley, of campaign group Artwatch UK, added: “What student might not expect nude figures in Western classical art?”
Earlier in the month, a University slapped more than 200 trigger warnings on William Shakespeare’s works — including for storms and popping balloons.
The University of the West of England also advised drama students that TV adaptions of Macbeth referenced “psychological distress” and “war”.
The so-called Scottish play about a murderous king was even hit with a notice that it contained “family trauma”.
In all, 220 were added to his works and multiple adaptations including versions from respected theatres, the BBC and ITV.
The Winter’s Tale was said to contain “accusations of adultery” and “references to wild animal attack” — as nobleman Antigonus is eaten by a bear.
Romeo and Juliet, which ends with the lovers killing themselves, was said to contain references to “suicide”, “distress” and “mourning”.
The Tempest, about shipwrecked nobles, carries alerts for “storms”, “extreme weather”, “drunkenness” and “witchcraft”.
A recommended 2016 stage adaptation was flagged because it featured the “popping of balloons”.
Free Speech Union leader Toby Young raged: “If I was a University of the West of England drama student, I’d be furious about being treated like such a snowflake.”
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