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

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What started it for me…is it a meta thing?
Art influencing and then becoming art?
 

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Hi all,
Thanks to those of you who sent me a birthday wish a while back. After my holidays, I was very busy with studies and then also wanted to take something of a sabbatical, but I hope to be again more active here...
Here is already an illustration from Quo Vadis...
 

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The fate of Klara Zach, 1911, by Hungarian painter Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch

According to wikipedia.pl, her story is as follows : "The figure of Klara is also mentioned in Jan Długosz's Annals in the description of Felicjan Zach's assassination attempt on the Hungarian king Charles Robert on April 17, 1330 [4] . Felicjan's daughter, Clara stayed at the court of Queen Elizabeth, where she was the queen's maid along with other girls from rich, noble families. Klara was to be distinguished by her extraordinary beauty, which was to attract the attention of Prince Casimir who stayed at the turn of 1329 and 1330 [5] with his sister Elizabeth at the castle in Visegrád . The meetings between Casimir and Klara were mediated by Elżbieta, who came with the court to the prince who pretended to be ill. The queen then left the duke's chamber alone, leaving Clara there and allowing her to be raped . After some time, the abused lady-in-waiting confided in her father about this event, asking him to avenge her disgrace. As Casimir had already left Hungary, Klara's father turned his anger against Charles, the ruler of Hungary. On April 17, 1330, he tried to murder the king and his family, but he was captured by the royal knights and murdered. The anger of Charles Robert fell on the entire Zach family. A cruel fate also befell Klara, who was deprived of her nose, lips and fingers on both hands. She was shown half-dead around the country, forced to confess her own and her father's crimes."
 

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I was let down 6 weeks by alerts for this thread. Have caught up now!:eusa_dance:
Hi all,
Thanks to those of you who sent me a birthday wish a while back. After my holidays, I was very busy with studies and then also wanted to take something of a sabbatical, but I hope to be again more active here...
Here is already an illustration from Quo Vadis...
Interesting view from the circus floor.
 
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