Renaissance porn?

Sir,

It is entirely possible that Stefanos Evripidou has never been moved by the sight of a breastfeeding woman and baby in real life, or perhaps he missed out on being breastfed himself, but to compare the great paintings of the Madonna Lactans to pornography is like saying the Parthenon makes a good bus shelter.  If he thinks a baby sucking on his mother’s breast is incestuous, the Galaktotrofousa icon in the Monastery of Ayios Heirakleidios should be removed to a vault immediately and the iconographer placed on the sex offenders list.

Vanessa Coutts
Brighton, UK

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