The Beginning of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1484–1486 During the Renaissance, desire while in the nude body in art was being rekindled after a thousand years. Towards the end of Greco-Roman antiquity, Christian doctrines of celibacy, chastity, and the devaluation on the flesh led towards the declining desire of nudes for patrons, and thus for

Heckerling’s witty spin on Austen’s “Emma” (a novel about the perils of match-making and injecting yourself into situations in which you don’t belong) has remained a perennial favorite not only because it’s a wise freshening with a classic tale, but because it allows for thus much more further than the Austen-issued drama.“You say on