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

[coldturkey]

Old Believer Morozova about to get the lash...

 

[coldturkey]

Woman paraded in stocks. Her tormentors seem to be Puritans...

 

[ducon007]

Oldies, very oldies! Some illuminations from medieval manuscripts on the martyrdom of Christians.
Sorry, small sizes...

 

[coldturkey]

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Witches pinched in their tits with hot tongs as they are carted off to public torture and execution. XV century

The scene appears to be that of the torture and execution of Philippa of Catania, alongside her son Roberto and her granddaughter Sancia, in Sicily in 1345...

 

[Jollyrei]

20 lashes for this blasphemy

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What are these paintings about? Who punted them?

 

[gerembeau]

Oldies, very oldies! Some illuminations from medieval manuscripts on the martyrdom of Christians.
Sorry, small sizes...
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Nice set cher compatriote

 

[gerembeau]

What are these paintings about? Who punted them?

Oh, I'm sorry, I lost the name when I enlarged the pics, and I would need hours to find the small original pics in my giant folder of oldies (about 14 500 pics)

 

[thehangingtree]

20 lashes for this blasphemy

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Twenty lashes would be getting off easy!!!

 

[ducon007]

Nice set cher compatriote

De rien, camarade !
Oups! You're welcome, my friend! As we have to write in English!

 

[coldturkey]

Oh, I'm sorry, I lost the name when I enlarged the pics, and I would need hours to find the small original pics in my giant folder of oldies (about 14 500 pics)

I can sympathize with the feeling... I myself am at a loss whenever I need to find an oldie...

 

[gerembeau]

Holy christian

 

[ducon007]

Holy christian

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Refreshing !

 

[ducon007]

Oldies, very oldies! Some illuminations from medieval manuscripts on the martyrdom of Christians.
Sorry, small sizes...
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Five more of this kind...

 

[coldturkey]

Joseph-Bernard Flaugier, Scene of the War of Independance in Catalunya, c.1809-12

 

[coldturkey]

Gentlemanly misconduct...

 

[ducon007]

Gentlemanly misconduct...

Nice!
Any idea of the artist ? I can't read the signature.

 

[coldturkey]

Nice!
Any idea of the artist ? I can't read the signature.

Apparently the name of the artist is Wachtl... Don't know much else...

 

[gerembeau]

Closer to you my lord

 

[ducon007]

"Crucifixion de Santa Eulalia", by Josep Bernat Flaigier (c. 1812)
Poor Eul !

 

[ducon007]

"Le Temps sauvant la Vérité du Mensonge et de l'Envie", by François Lemoyne
(Time Saving Truth from Falsehood and Envy)