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Ancient Egypt has gone in and out vogue in the West, with some high-water marks in the 1830s and 1920s.  I think that erotically, it gives both artists and their audience a sort of free pass on Orientalism, because come on, this civilization has been gone for like 2500 years, so who’s left to offend?

Ancient Egypt has gone in and out vogue in the West, with some high-water marks in the 1830s and 1920s.  I think that erotically, it gives both artists and their audience a sort of free pass on Orientalism, because come on, this civilization has been gone for like 2500 years, so who’s left to offend?

22 January 2013 • reblog: olderoticart • female j f charles 1990s watercolor painting nude egypt architecture orientalism

Pygmalion and Galatea, Gerome, c1890. The “statue fetish” or agalamatophilia, dates back to at least the story of Pygmalion from ancient Greece.  In fact, lots of the many Greek transformation stories (Syrinx, Medua, etc.) have similar themes. Agalamatophilia is sort of a catch-all for a number of fetishes that might have pretty different valences.  Pygmalion thinks his statue is hot, and wants it to be a real woman.  Medusa turns people into stone statues, which has a strong appeal to bondage and objectification kinks, as well as hard-media fetishes. 

Pygmalion and Galatea, Gerome, c1890.

The “statue fetish” or agalamatophilia, dates back to at least the story of Pygmalion from ancient Greece.  In fact, lots of the many Greek transformation stories (Syrinx, Medua, etc.) have similar themes.

Agalamatophilia is sort of a catch-all for a number of fetishes that might have pretty different valences.  Pygmalion thinks his statue is hot, and wants it to be a real woman.  Medusa turns people into stone statues, which has a strong appeal to bondage and objectification kinks, as well as hard-media fetishes. 

22 September 2011 • mythology pygmalion sculpture painting image within an image cupid cmnf butt sculpture agalamatophilia late 1800s gerome

A final piece of furniture.  I like the objectification, the hood terrifies me, and the high heels are meh.  (Ballet heels I understand, because that’s straight-up torture, but guys in high heels don’t do it for me.) masterandslave: This appeals to me. ~His

A final piece of furniture.  I like the objectification, the hood terrifies me, and the high heels are meh.  (Ballet heels I understand, because that’s straight-up torture, but guys in high heels don’t do it for me.)

masterandslave:

This appeals to me. ~His

11 January 2011 • reblog: masterandslave • furniture objectification hood blindfold high heels dom(me) clothing fail painting 2000s on all fours Fm male sub naked sub corset mirror

Beatrix Potter, 1907 And now, I’m committing to posting ten or twelve images that I just happen to like.  No themes.  This one was sent to me by Linaria, who writes: I am fairly confident my love of bondage originated with Beatrix Potter. Poor Tom Kitten.  If you haven’t read / don’t remember the story, he’s about to be cooked and eaten by the rats…

Beatrix Potter, 1907

And now, I’m committing to posting ten or twelve images that I just happen to like.  No themes.  This one was sent to me by Linaria, who writes:

I am fairly confident my love of bondage originated with Beatrix Potter. Poor Tom Kitten. 

If you haven’t read / don’t remember the story, he’s about to be cooked and eaten by the rats…

21 October 2010 • younger folks watercolor painting animal peril bondage rope kitten play childrens books 1900s

Chinese drawing, probably 1800s.  Lacking the cultural cues, it’s hard for me to guess who these folks are—the fact that there are two women suggests a brothel. Anyway, I love the assistant, holding the other girl’s leg up and making sure her hand doesn’t get involved.  It makes me think the girl on her back is a little scared… The guy, meanwhile, looks like he’s forgotten what he’s doing.

Chinese drawing, probably 1800s.  Lacking the cultural cues, it’s hard for me to guess who these folks are—the fact that there are two women suggests a brothel.

Anyway, I love the assistant, holding the other girl’s leg up and making sure her hand doesn’t get involved.  It makes me think the girl on her back is a little scared…

The guy, meanwhile, looks like he’s forgotten what he’s doing.

27 September 2010 • reblog: schundundschmutz • china threesome assistance Mf clothed sub cock vulva painting early 1800s

Not really a good position to be fucked in. But a great position for being exposed, opened, vulnerable, needing to pee, humiliated, begging, hour after hour after hour. (via fileasse)

Not really a good position to be fucked in.

But a great position for being exposed, opened, vulnerable, needing to pee, humiliated, begging, hour after hour after hour.

(via fileasse)

27 September 2010 • reblog: fileasse-deactivated20120406 • japan female sub naked sub humiliation bondage rope harness rope tatoo breasts vulva pubic hair painting

The Kama Sutra, Koka Shastra, and the related literature contain the earliest completely unambiguous reference to sado-eroticism, including bondage.  They date to about the 5th-8th century AD.  (Petronius’ Satyricon, from the 1st century, also deals with S&M and bondage, but it’s just slightly vague about the consent issue.) These writings are not only the first description of consensual erotic bondage, but also of F/m D/s.  And at the same time, no less!  Yes, folks, the first known instance of explicitly consensual erotic bondage is in femdom.  And in India.  A fact which I hope that the BDSM-is-Eurocentric-Patriarchy crowd will take a moment to consider. Unfortunately, if any graphic or sculptural evidence of those practices survived the long years of Victorian imperial censorship, I can’t find it.   The image above depicts “the woman acting the part of the man,” which the KS views as a (temporary) femdom game.  That’s as close as I can get to 5th-century Asian femdom…

The Kama Sutra, Koka Shastra, and the related literature contain the earliest completely unambiguous reference to sado-eroticism, including bondage.  They date to about the 5th-8th century AD.  (Petronius’ Satyricon, from the 1st century, also deals with S&M and bondage, but it’s just slightly vague about the consent issue.)

These writings are not only the first description of consensual erotic bondage, but also of F/m D/s.  And at the same time, no less!  Yes, folks, the first known instance of explicitly consensual erotic bondage is in femdom.  And in India.  A fact which I hope that the BDSM-is-Eurocentric-Patriarchy crowd will take a moment to consider.

Unfortunately, if any graphic or sculptural evidence of those practices survived the long years of Victorian imperial censorship, I can’t find it.  

The image above depicts “the woman acting the part of the man,” which the KS views as a (temporary) femdom game.  That’s as close as I can get to 5th-century Asian femdom…

27 September 2010 • india Fm 600s 700s breasts cowgirl painting

This pulp cover was submitted by one of my readers.  (Thanks!)  It falls into a genre of “man mag” pulps that usually depicted rugged-looking white men being attacked by animals and/or “savages.”  The most famous image in the genre, thanks to Frank Zappa, is Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Anonymous writes: I was struck by how this image lacks elements that undermine the woman’s authority— she’s not in a corset, a collar, unreasonable heels, or anything. She’s just in charge and hanging guys by their ankles. I’d like to add that the image of an Asian female pirate captain / dominatrix probably owes a lot to the “Dragon Lady” of Terry and the Pirates.  But once again, even if the image doesn’t undermine Kaliba Wong’s authority, it is apparent from the story description that a big, virile, white man is going to teach her a thing or two.  Unk.

This pulp cover was submitted by one of my readers.  (Thanks!)  It falls into a genre of “man mag” pulps that usually depicted rugged-looking white men being attacked by animals and/or “savages.”  The most famous image in the genre, thanks to Frank Zappa, is Weasels Ripped My Flesh.

Anonymous writes:

I was struck by how this image lacks elements that undermine the woman’s authority— she’s not in a corset, a collar, unreasonable heels, or anything. She’s just in charge and hanging guys by their ankles.


I’d like to add that the image of an Asian female pirate captain / dominatrix probably owes a lot to the “Dragon Lady” of Terry and the Pirates.  But once again, even if the image doesn’t undermine Kaliba Wong’s authority, it is apparent from the story description that a big, virile, white man is going to teach her a thing or two.  Unk.

12 September 2010 • dominatrix Fm torture bondage rope male sub 1960s pirates chain pulp painting

Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of St. Peter, 1601 …(3) In the first few centuries AD, there was something of schtick wherein Christian martyrs would demand that they not be executed “like Christ,” since this could be viewed as disrespectfully appropriating the stature of their prophet.  St. Andrew got nailed up to an X-shaped cross which now bears his name (and has become a favorite of BDSM clubs, I think).  St. Peter got nailed to a standard “Latin cross,” like Jesus (allegedly) had, but it was raised upside-down.  See, to me, that seems like showing off….

Caravaggio, The Crucifixion of St. Peter, 1601

…(3) In the first few centuries AD, there was something of schtick wherein Christian martyrs would demand that they not be executed “like Christ,” since this could be viewed as disrespectfully appropriating the stature of their prophet.  St. Andrew got nailed up to an X-shaped cross which now bears his name (and has become a favorite of BDSM clubs, I think).  St. Peter got nailed to a standard “Latin cross,” like Jesus (allegedly) had, but it was raised upside-down.  See, to me, that seems like showing off….

12 September 2010 • painting caravaggio crucifixion male sub religion execution rope older folks fig leaf Mm 1600s

When the pirate genre meets BDSM porn, it tends to be very dark and harsh.  Whips, rape, torture. Also, as is the case with any narrow sub-genre of porn, it tends to be M/f.  Whereas in the last image we saw a bunch of pirate ladies…

When the pirate genre meets BDSM porn, it tends to be very dark and harsh.  Whips, rape, torture.

Also, as is the case with any narrow sub-genre of porn, it tends to be M/f.  Whereas in the last image we saw a bunch of pirate ladies…

12 July 2010 • collage pirate Mf naked sub female sub rape torture whipping whip weapons sword pencil painting pen and ink color ink comic crying collar chain rope bondage coffle CMNF soft media pubic hair