Ancient gay sex scupltire

Rituals of Ancient Gay Shunga Erotica

Nishikawa Sukenobu

One notable vein of shunga is nanshoku, translating as ‘male colours’ and referring to gay erotic depictions. Images derived from ancient myth, the military, religion, theatre, class, and prostitution feature samurai or Buddhist monks engaging in same-sex attracted sex with men often dressed as geisha.

Shunga, or Japanese erotic art, was prolific in Japan during the Edo period, from 1603 to 1868. Printed with woodblock and produced in a broad spectrum of colours and details, the scrolls were intimate, erotic, and sometimes humorous. The aesthetic is said to be influenced by the illustrations of Chinese medicine manuals as adequately as the work of Zhou Fang, a Chinese painter from the Tang dynasty era who painted oversized genitals, which later became characteristic of many shunga artists.

 

Roles and Rituals 

The scenes contain a complex morality when considered by contemporary standards. The images often depict a sexuality derived from practices within monasteries when an older companion such as a priest or a monk would have sex with a younger, often pre-pubescent significant other . These religious practices were replicated in samurai c

Ganymede was 'the fairest of mortal men; wherefore the gods caught him up on high to be cupbearer to Zeus by reason of his beauty, that he might dwell with the immortals.'

So says Homer in the Iliad. Throughout antiquity, there was a fascination with the tale of how Zeus, king of the gods, fell in love with a human boy. The scene of Zeus swooping down from Olympus to steal away Ganymede, recognizable as 'The Rape of Ganymede', appeared on pottery, frescoes, statues and mosaics.

Zeus and Ganymede

c.475–425 BC, Attic red-figured kylix, attributed to the Penthesilea Painter. Ferrara Archaeological Museum

While many ancient depictions from Greece show two humans in the tale of Ganymede, the Romans favoured a version more in keeping with Zeus' fondness for wooing mortals in zoological form. According to the Roman poet Ovid:

'The king of the gods was once fired with treasure for Phrygian Ganymede, and when that happened Jupiter found another shape preferable to his own. Wishing to turn himself into a bird, he nonetheless scorned to change into any save that which can carry his thunderbolts. Then without delay, beating the air on borrowed pinions, he snatched away the

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This Bud's for Zeus
Same-sex attracted sex and male cherish used in the advertising of Budweiser Beer! Yes, you read it right! See how the King of Beers used the lusts of the King of Gods to market beer!

Greek Gay Art
From Ancient Greece you can view gay Greek pottery and ancient Greek sculpture with gay themes. The art depicts scenes from Greek Mythology, lgbtq+ customs and gay traditions. See the loves and dramas of the Greek Gods and Heroes brought to life--Achilles bandaging his lover Patroklos,Pan tutoring the beloved Daphnis--and male cherish found in everyday Greek life: At the palestra and symposium.

Roman Gay Art
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European Gay Art
Homosexual art from across Europe, dating from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century. Many of the paintings and sculptures draw from the gay mythology of Ancient Greece--Apollo and his lovers,Zeus smitten with Ganymede.

Iranian Gay Art

Gay Iranian art depicts

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Frohlich, Johannes

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Title
The gayest sculpture in history: Obscured male gay desire in the descriptions of the Antinous statues in eighteenth-century art history and nineteenth-century German fiction
Author(s)
Frohlich, Johannes
Issue Date
2021-07-06
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Hilger, Stephanie M
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Hilger, Stephanie M
Committee Member(s)
  • Wade, Mara R
  • Niekerk, Carl H
  • Rosenthal, Lisa
  • Pollock, Anthony
Department of Study
Germanic Languages & Lit
Discipline
German
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2022-01-12T22:34:50Z
Keyword(s)
  • Antinous
  • sculpture
  • gender
  • queer
  • fiction
  • art
  • literature
Abstract
Rarely has an ancient marble figure received as much attention in both art history and historical fiction as Antinous (c. AD 111-130). Antinous was emperor Hadrian’s (AD 76-138) companion, favorite, and beloved. Following his untimely and mysterious death in the Nile, the emperor deifi ancient gay sex scupltire

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In 79 AD, a catastrophic eruption from Mount Vesuvius blanketed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, effectively sealing them in hour. This unexpected preservation has since allowed historians and archaeologists a unique glimpse into the Roman world.

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