We're here to let you in on a pretty widely known secret about art history: It's dirtier than you remember. Visions of Venus and sensual octopuses are probably filling your memory now -- yes, your art history classes were more exciting than you first thought. In celebration of the wildly erotic tendencies of artists over the centuries, we've put together a list of the most jaw-dropping-ly sensual artworks you might have forgotten about since your sophomore year stint in a Renaissance art survey course. Behold, 15 classic works that are way naughtier than you remember. That is, Dead White European Males dominate the archives, and as a result, nude women are usually the subject of historical erotic art.
Vintage Erotica - The Imaginative World of Erotic Illustration
Vintage Erotica – The Imaginative World of Erotic Illustration | Widewalls
One of the most intriguing games that poets and dreamers play with time and a sense of the self is picking a period from out of the past in which they would like to have lived. Suppose we turn this around to ask which artists or writers from out of the past would, out of all time up to the present, most want to be alive now. Thomas Rowlandson was roundly, resonantly alive. His art reveals an immense affirmation of life.
14 Classic Artworks That Are Way More Erotic Than You Remember (NSFW)
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. See also category: Paintings of nude couples in bed. Media in category "Paintings of couples having sex" The following 50 files are in this category, out of 50 total.
People might think that erotic art has been popular only in the last couple of decades. But, in fact, erotica has existed since the first pieces of art were created. And, we could even dare to say that vintage erotica or old erotic art was more creative and innovative.
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