A word to the thick soul sisters, I wanna get with ya

It's pretty much a given that women's bodies will be digitally altered for the sake of "beauty" -- and sales. However, when these standard practices are applied to more classic images, they become more obviously disturbing.

Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano created a series of photoshopped classic nudes, entitled "Venus." Giordano's goal was to apply contemporary standards of attractiveness to paintings of centuries gone by.

"The model of beauty has evolved through human history, from the greek proportions of Policleto of Argos to the busty beauty of the Renaissance, leading up to the slender body of Twiggy and the contemporary athletic stars." says Giordano. "What would have happened if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past?"

The women in Giordano's "Venus" series have had their thighs thinned out, their stomachs flattened and their breasts made bigger (and perkier). In some of Giordano's images the results are subtle -- we might not even question it unless we saw it side-by-side the original -- while others, such as Tiziano's "Venere de Urbino" are more glaring.

Check out the complete series here