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

[ducon007]

"The Doctor, the Maiden and the Death"
By Ivo Saliger.

 

[Nobbes25]

"Well"
By Harry Holland

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Is this the door to hell?

 

[ducon007]

Is this the door to hell?

Maybe! It might be worth taking a look...

 

[Loxuru]

Is this the door to hell?

The ladies came to the demonstration of the world's most powerful vcuum cleaner!

"The Doctor, the Maiden and the Death"
By Ivo Saliger.

@Jollyrei is greedy again!?

 

[ducon007]

"Persephone"
By Thomas Art Benton.

 

[Tmaster]

"The Doctor, the Maiden and the Death"
By Ivo Saliger.

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Death is the cure for all disease.

 

[ducon007]

Illustrations of the death of Queen Jezebel (Jezabel).
According to the Bible, she was defenestrated and devoured by dogs.

 

[bastndo]

Torture by inquisition

 

[AnimaSinistra]

Hypatia, by Odoardo Tabacchi - 1874.

 

[ducon007]

"Edel's Blood Sacrifice"
By Saturno Butto.

 

[ducon007]

"Erotic Composition"
(Not sure of the title...)
By Édouard Chimot.

 

[ducon007]

"Abduction"
By Lovis Corinth.

 

[coldturkey]

Thanks to all who kept this thread alive during my holidays !!

A Viking warrior and his female victim...

 

[coldturkey]

The Christian Martyr

 

[coldturkey]

Punishment of the unfaithful wife

 

[Loxuru]

Thanks to all who kept this thread alive during my holidays !!

You're welcome! The thread, we kept alive!
All those poor Damsels in Distress, on the other hand!

 

[ducon007]

"L'invasion"
By Evariste Vital Luminais

 

[ducon007]

By Evariste Vital Luminais, again...
"Pirates Normands au IXe Siècle"
(Norman pirates in the 9th century)

 

[ducon007]

And yet another Evariste Vital Luminais
"Les Captives"

 

[shvonder]

"The Spanish Fury"
Antwerp, 1576,