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-	[[Image:Venus by Daumier.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'' ]]	+	[[Image:Venus by Daumier.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''This Year, Venuses Again... Always Venuses!'' ([[1864]]) - [[Honoré Daumier]]]]
-	"[[banned books|The Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]," commonly called "The Index" was a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.	+	Depicted is no. 2 of the sketches made at the Salon for [[Le Charivari]], 1864. Honoré Daumier satirizes the [[bourgeoisie]] who were [[art scandal|scandal]]ized by the [[Paris Salon]]'s Venuses, 1864. Venus in this context means any female nude, later also called "[[nana]]".

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Depicted is no. 2 of the sketches made at the Salon for Le Charivari, 1864. Honoré Daumier satirizes the bourgeoisie who were scandalized by the Paris Salon's Venuses, 1864. Venus in this context means any female nude, later also called "nana".