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🖼️ Miscellaneous antique erotic art ✨
1. Achille Devéria, 1830
2. Gustave Courbet, “The Origin of the World”, 1866
3. Chinese porcelain tile, 19th century
4. Anonymous, 1799
5. Rudolfo Valentino, “Tango Dancers”, 1930. Painted terra-cotta.
6. Gustave Courbet, “The... See more
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Eroticism has been prevalent throughout history by means of art, statues, poetry, and literature. The way it’s viewed however changes from era to era and culture to culture. Its evolution is determined by social, religious, and cultural factors.
Eroticism is one of the few forms of play permitted to adults. It occurs in a world parallel to the habitual one; it frees us to adopt new personas; it has a tendency to generate enduring communities whose members are "apart together" even when its excesses have come to an end; and, finally, it is dispensable and therefore indispensable.