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

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Loxuru said:
On the same theme : two versions of 'The drownings at Nantes in 1793' by Joseph Aubert (1849-1924).

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Good idea, @coldturkey to start this collection. :thumbsup:
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Just to remind you, between November 1793 and February 1794, between 1000 and 5000 people were drowned in Nantes on the orders of the Conventionnel Jean-Baptiste Carrier to put down the Vendée revolt. This sinister character was then guillotined on 16 December 1794.
 

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ducon007 said:
Just to remind you, between November 1793 and February 1794, between 1000 and 5000 people were drowned in Nantes on the orders of the Conventionnel Jean-Baptiste Carrier to put down the Vendée revolt. This sinister character was then guillotined on 16 December 1794.
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Yes, those were the days of the infernal columns that massacred tens of thousands of Vendeans and other Chouans in the name of Liberty and Brotherhood ! Not the Republic's finest hour...
 
Scenes of the epic poem 'Gerusalemme Liberata' (1575). The scene with Damsel in Distress Sophronia, condemned to the pyre with her lover Olindo by King Aladine of Jerusalem, has been the subject of many artwork. Some examples :
GR219.jpg By Lubin Baugin (1612-1663)

gr188b.jpg By Cornelius Van Poelenburgh (1594 - 1667)

gr138b.jpg By Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

But there are much more!

Van Poelenburgh and Delacroix show the moment, woman warrior Clorinda arrives to rescue them.

See also : https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/clorinda.5103/
 
Loxuru said:
Scenes of the epic poem 'Gerusalemme Liberata' (1575). The scene with Damsel in Distress Sophronia, condemned to the pyre with her lover Olindo by King Aladine of Jerusalem, has been the subject of many artwork. Some examples :
View attachment 1278499 By Lubin Baugin (1612-1663)

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View attachment 1278501 By Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)

But there are much more!

Van Poelenburgh and Delacroix show the moment, woman warrior Clorinda arrives to rescue them.

See also : https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/clorinda.5103/
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Thanks @Loxuru ! Olindo and Sophronia on the Pyre is indeed a classic of couple peril ! Thought I might add this watercolor, by an unknown 17th century French Master...
 

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And since decapitation seems to be in the air of the conversation, this classic 1833 painting by Paul Delaroche of the Execution of Lady Jane Grey
 

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coldturkey said:
Hi Cruxforums members,
I have been over the last months a regular though discreet member of your platform, and enjoyed a lot the art that I have found here. Which has got me thinking on how rare and precious some of this historical art actually is. It would be a shame that some of it would be lost for want of a place to host it. My idea has been to create a platform where art found in private collections might be scanned, hosted, cataloged, and made available to the wider BDSM community. I would like to use this thread as a draft where all such art might congregate (I have a sizable collection myself that can form the nucleus), before it is cataloged and hosted somewhere more permanent. If you have any images of historical DiD art, I would be grateful if you could post them here, to add to what I will post. Also, comments as to provenance of the art are welcome. Some of this art has been directly downloaded from the posts of other users on this forum, or from other websites. If you own the images and object to me posting them here, please let me know and I will be glad to redraw them...
At present the art that I will post will have no thematic unity, as it would be too tedious for me to separate my vast collection into neat categories...
Hope you enjoy ! And let me know if this project of a virtual DiD museum has any enthusiasts...
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Also, I just reread my introductory message to this thread, and was made aware of a monstrous typo where I offer to redraw art instead of withdrawing it. I am not an artist myself and do not have any drawing skills. Would you @Wragg be so kind as to correct the mistake please ? Thanks !! :oops:
 
In April 1846, rumours reached the press in Western Europe, about a famous Polish socialite having been flogged by the Russian authorities in Warsaw. British press took it over, and an illustrator visualised it. Although the rumours were never confirmed, English readers could stir their imagination about the ordeal of the poor damsel.

Read the story here:
https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/a-noblewoman-under-the-knout-1846.5362/
 
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