Is it an avierah to draw women with their breasts exposed? I have seen paintings by European artists that depict biblical women with their breasts exposed and wondered: if a Jew were to do this, would it be an avierah? I'm asking about drawing/painting something which depicts a woman's exposed breasts (with no woman in front or with you at all).
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5I don't know that female breasts always had the highly erotic associations they now have in Western culture. In some locales I suspect exposing your thigh would have been a much greater offense. – Double AA♦ Jun 15 '16 at 20:28
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3@DoubleAA is it allowed to read Shema regarding a painting of biblical women with their breasts exposed? – kouty Jun 15 '16 at 21:48
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2I thiink that it is allowed, may be more. If a man is allowed to see his wife when she is not nidda, he can draw it. what is the problem. To draw following imagination may be a problem of venishmartem mikol davar ra. the question is good. – kouty Jun 15 '16 at 21:55
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1@AvishaiEliYahu read again "To draw..." – kouty Jun 15 '16 at 22:10
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3@Adám you just failed the rorchach:) – user6591 Sep 15 '16 at 0:22
It seems not a problem since many jewish books had that on the title page
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/11696
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/11737
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/11898
so for a woman it should not be a problem (if it is not to be used for erotic proposes)
but for a man their might be a problem of pornography for himself even if it is not for erotic proposes of others
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5Many Jewish books were published by non-Jewish printers, and they may have inserted those publisher's pages into the front of the book against the Jewish author's volition. Are you aware of any books published by a Jewish publishing company with these drawings? – Chaim Jun 24 '16 at 15:28
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No sources, the example of books you brought up does not imply it's allowed – Dan Weisberg Jun 6 '19 at 7:45
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1Hazoriz The Maharal's works printed in his own lifetime had pictures with Moshe and Aharon. Moshe had literal horns, like a goat, in that picture. Does that mean Maharal believed that to be the case? – user6591 Jun 6 '19 at 9:30
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@user6591 no, it only means jews owning that book did not have a problem with this representation of moshe – hazoriz Jun 6 '19 at 9:58