Aroldo Bonzagni’s Enigmatic E.r.o.t.i.c Album

The story behind the controversial work L’Album Segreto (The Secret Album, 1910) of the Italian painter and illustrator Aroldo Bonzagni (1887–1918) bares some similarities to L’oeuvre secrète (The Secret Work, 1982) of the French cartoonist Albert Dubout (1905-1976) we discussed earlier. Both contain provocative content and were published afterthe artist’s death. Fig.1. Aroldo Bonzagni Young […]

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Berard Motorgeil’s rare early sketches of womenBerard Motorgeil’s rare early sketches of women

The following sketches and preliminary drawings by the femdom artist Bernard Montorgueil are a real treasure as they offer nice insights into his creative process. For the artist the purpose was practical; to test out his ideas and compositions directly from his mind and to use them for reference when […]

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Investigating Various Exhibitions of Ancient Egyptian Art

In the ancient Roman world, ѕexual pleasure was a саuse for celebration rather than a source of ѕһаme. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In the 19th century, the archaeologists tаѕked with excavating Pompeii and Herculaneum ran into a problem: Everywhere they turned, they found eгotіс art, from frescoes of copulating couples to sculptures of nude, […]

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Archeology and Pornography: The Erotic Artifacts Of Pompeii and Herculane

In 1710, an Italian peasant, Giovanni Battista Nocerino, discovered a mass of marble and alabaster while digging a well at Resina, near Naples. Fragments of these materials were sold to a dealer specializing in antiques. Supreme Officer of the Guard Maurice de Lorraine, Prince d’Elboeuf, bought these fragments to decorate […]

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The Sensual Masterpieces of the “Paganini of the Br”: Giovanni Boldini

Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) was an Italian portrait painter, not acknowledged by academic or avant-garde critics but extremely popular among the aristocracy. In his best years, the price of a large portrait ranged from 30,000 to 50,000 francs. His etudes of nude beauties blossoming in chaotic brushstrokes bring to mind the […]

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