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

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Eulalia said:
The Vernet pose evidently worked well for women on the back of the bull in the final scene of Quo Vadis - for example:

View attachment 1519263 by one A. D. M. Cooper.

Even more similar is this sculpture by Giuseppe Moretti:

https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Depicting-A-Scene-from-Quo-Vadis-by-Henr/FD20EBD947D0413D
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Yes that does seem to be a popular theme! In Quo Vadis Lygia is saved by Ursus...

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But the inspiration was the tale of Dirce, the queen of Thebes who was put to death by being tied to the horns of a bull and smashed against rocks. According to Suetonius, Nero decreed that a beautiful young Christian girl was to suffer the same death in the arena.
This was depicted by Henryk Siemiradzki as a allegory of the fate of Poland:

 
mysterybadger said:
Yes that does seem to be a popular theme! In Quo Vadis Lygia is saved by Ursus...


But the inspiration was the tale of Dirce, the queen of Thebes who was put to death by being tied to the horns of a bull and smashed against rocks. According to Suetonius, Nero decreed that a beautiful young Christian girl was to suffer the same death in the arena.
This was depicted by Henryk Siemiradzki as a allegory of the fate of Poland:

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If you like stories happening in arenas, Eulalia kindly translated one of mines (with a lot of animals -:)

 
No idea what is going on here but these scenes of chivalry by Luke Fildes and Theodor Baierl seem to show a similar incident. I like the way the first two knights are taking no chances and are not only heavily armed and wearing armour but have brought their dogs. No 3 shows how to defend yourself against a naked assailant if you have forgotten your sword ( by Max Slevogt).
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Then we have some cuckoldry revenge from Normal Lindsay and a "theatre scene" from Orazio Geigher
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Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel​

 

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