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

[ducon007]

"Saint Christina"
By Nicolas Régnier.

 

[Loxuru]

"Saint Christina"
By Nicolas Régnier.

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Centurion : "That bungler who missed her, will clean the latrines the next three days!"

 

[mysterybadger]

Not sure what this is supposed to represent. Any educated guesses ?

Looks like a scene from The Lustful Turk, or Lascivious Scenes from a Harem

 

[Alex99]

"Saint Christina"
By Nicolas Régnier.

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A full nude target - best stimul for archers

 

[mysterybadger]

Slung from poles...highly decorative but possibly the dumbest way of transporting someone who is not actually dead...

 

[Tmaster]

Slung from poles...highly decorative but possibly the dumbest way of transporting someone who is not actually dead...

Yes, but they like it.

 

[Loxuru]

Slung from poles...highly decorative but possibly the dumbest way of transporting someone who is not actually dead...

At least, the ladies don't have to walk all the way!

 

[meinaru]

Slung from poles...highly decorative but possibly the dumbest way of transporting someone who is not actually dead...

Great pictures! I'd appreciate if you revealed the source of #4...

 

[mysterybadger]

Great pictures! I'd appreciate if you revealed the source of #4...

Wish I knew the ultimate source, it was from an old tumblr called "japanesessemee", now defunct but still worth google...

 

[mysterybadger]

The smart way to organise "transports of delight" is of course, the coffle: as recommended by tribesmen, pirates, "Reds" and of course slave traders. As an aside, doesn't something weird and wonderful happen when Japanese artists take on Western women?

 

[mysterybadger]

TBH I've never been a great fan of crucifixion per se but hopefully these are in the ballpark. Number 3 seems to suggest the Romans used Christian martyrs as an early form of streetlighting--how long before the halo gives out? Number 4 may be based on a mistranslation, look closely and you will see it is a crucifishxion. And Number 5 is just mayhem on every level, 16th century soldiers and Victorian bloomers.

 

[Loxuru]

Number 3 seems to suggest the Romans used Christian martyrs as an early form of streetlighting--how long before the halo gives out?

Streetlightning? Only true Christians can see the halo!

 

[Naraku]

TBH I've never been a great fan of crucifixion per se but hopefully these are in the ballpark. Number 3 seems to suggest the Romans used Christian martyrs as an early form of streetlighting--how long before the halo gives out?

Sometimes they did.

 

[Lazzy McDouglas]

Sometimes they did.
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Nero-torches.

 

[mysterybadger]

More have-a-go history: the Three Musketeers see off Marie Antoinette, crucifixions by Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen. These are by Gorute Suk from Kitan Club magazine.

 

[mysterybadger]

"Crop thief exposed naked"
"Beggars and street entertainers not allowed in village"

 

[ErmaW]

Évariste Vital Luminais (French, 1821–1896)

(Norman pirates in the 9th century).

 

[ducon007]

"Amazons"
By Friedrich Konig.

 

[Naraku]

Soviet WW2 propaganda poster.

 

[ducon007]

Giambologna
"Abduction of a Sabine Woman"