A process that had begun with the Enlightenment had now reached the point at which “anything goes.” Particularly in the arts, there were no apparent limits to showing what even a generation ago would have been regarded as highly offensive.
不久以前，人们可能认为，至少在欧洲已经没有了任何禁忌。始于启蒙运动的进程如今已经发展到“破除任何禁忌”的程度。特别是在艺术领域，即使在表现被上一辈人视为极端无礼的事物时，也已经没有明显的限度。