Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art

[shvonder]

1345, Naples. Philippa of Catania, her son and granddaughter are being taken to execution. They, like many other criminals, were involved in the murder of Prince Andrew (a contender for the Neapolitan crown).
The executioners torment their naked bodies with red-hot tongs and cut off pieces of the skin with open razors. In the port of Naples they will be suspended from the masts of ships and subjected to strappado torture and flogging. Then they will be put back in the cart and driven to the final point of the journey, amid the hooting of an angry crowd. There is a hot fire burning there. They will be thrown into this flame while still alive.

All this can be seen in miniatures from ancient manuscripts.

 

[shvonder]

Eulalia of Barcelona/Merída

1 F. Blanch, probably 19th Century: Eulalia stripped in public
2 Cibera, 1852 (illustration for Gaspar i Roig, “Año Cristiano”): Eulalia tied to a cross almost naked, soldiers coming with torches to torture her
3 José Noguera, 1855–70 (an “aleluya” from Spain): series of scenes showing the martyrdom of Eulalia

 

[Rupert_137]

José Noguera, 1855–70 (an “aleluya” from Spain): series of scenes showing the martyrdom of Eulalia

Because of the many lowercase Spanish texts in the third series of scenes, I asked Google to translate the texts in the picture - actually great!
Here are the results in English and German...

 

[thehangingtree]

Eulalia of Barcelona/Merída

1 F. Blanch, probably 19th Century: Eulalia stripped in public
2 Cibera, 1852 (illustration for Gaspar i Roig, “Año Cristiano”): Eulalia tied to a cross almost naked, soldiers coming with torches to torture her
3 José Noguera, 1855–70 (an “aleluya” from Spain): series of scenes showing the martyrdom of Eulalia

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Fortunately, most of the women have halos... you can do whatever you want to them...

 

[shvonder]

Fortunately, most of the women have halos... you can do whatever you want to them...

do you mean "moderator's halo"?

 

[ideneidenew]

Ah this old religious paintings .. remeber me on this one .. my favourite

 

[ducon007]

Ah this old religious paintings .. remeber me on this one .. my favourite

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Santa Apollonia, who had all her teeth pulled. So she's the patron saint of dentists!
Some others:


#1 by Jacques Callot
#2 by Antonio Tempesta
#3 and 4: unknown to me

 

[Eulalia]

So she's the patron saint of dentists!

And also of those needing a dentist!

 

[mysterybadger]

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Max Ernst created his collages from old periodicals, sensational novels and police memoirs:



To my mind the originals are better and I am still looking for the components of these:

 

[Wragg]

Max Ernst created his collages from old periodicals, sensational novels and police memoirs:

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To my mind the originals are better and I am still looking for the components of these:

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@mysterybadger, you must post images which are smaller than 400kB - your images 'number 1' and 'number 2' were over a megabyte! You can read all about it in the terms and rules at the bottom of your screen.

On this occasion I have resized them for you.

Thanks.