The women plastered around today's billboards and magazine ads adhere to a very particular standard of beauty, one that, in real life, is nearly impossible to achieve. From size 0 waists to flawless complexion, contemporary "ideal" women resemble plastic mannequins more than the ladies you'd encounter, you know, in real life. Here to drive the point home is Lauren Wade, with the help of some of art history's most beloved nudes.



Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, "Grande Odalisque," 1814 reimagined by Lauren Wade

Wade, a senior photo editor for TakePart, wondered what would happen if the nude muses of artists like Titian and Raphael were exposed to the pressures of women today. Like many a fashion model before them, these painted nudes get the photoshop treatment, transforming them from "Odalesque" to modelesque. Wade nips and tucks at their natural curves and "extraneous" flesh until Raphael's "Three Graces" look like Marc Jacobs models.



Raphael, "Three Graces," 1504–1505 reimagined by Lauren Wade



Titian, "Danaë with Eros," 1544 reimagined by Lauren Wade