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

[coldturkey]

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...

 

[coldturkey]

William Edward Millner (1849-1895), Naked maiden with lions and tigers

 

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Jules-Antoine Duvaux (1818-1884), Blandina in the Amphiteater of Lyon

 

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Fortunino Matania, The Crucifixion of Ide, Britannia and Eve, March 1933

 

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Dióscoro Puebla (1831-1901), The Daughters of El Cid

 

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Theodoros Rallis (1852-1909), The Booty

 

[Wragg]

These are excellent, @coldturkey, and thank you for posting them. However you do need to observe the 400kB maximum size limit please. Tomorrow I will resize the last four for you (it's getting a bit late here).

 

[Barbaria1]

Yes, a most interesting and useful thread! There are Resizer apps available on the web. Image Resizer is one.

 

[Jollyrei]

Yes, a most interesting and useful thread! There are Resizer apps available on the web. Image Resizer is one.

Faststone Image Viewer is also freeware and has a number of filtering choices for resizing. It reduces images very efficiently, as well as a lot of other editing features, which can be useful if the source image is not optimal (which happens on the internet).

 

[RedOrc]

"The Crypt" run by Dr Mabuse is a website that does something like this. It is mostly erotic art about female Christian saints and martyrs, but has sections on slavery and fictional tortured women.

http://krypta.i24.cc/index.html

 

[coldturkey]

"The Crypt" run by Dr Mabuse is a website that does something like this. It is mostly erotic art about female Christian saints and martyrs, but has sections on slavery and fictional tortured women.

http://krypta.i24.cc/index.html

Thanks @RedOrc ! I had not been made aware of the existence of this site... A lot of interesting art indeed !

 

[coldturkey]

Faststone Image Viewer is also freeware and has a number of filtering choices for resizing. It reduces images very efficiently, as well as a lot of other editing features, which can be useful if the source image is not optimal (which happens on the internet).

Hi @Jollyrei ! Thanks for the recommendation. I have just downloaded Fastone Image Viewer...

 

[coldturkey]

These are excellent, @coldturkey, and thank you for posting them. However you do need to observe the 400kB maximum size limit please. Tomorrow I will resize the last four for you (it's getting a bit late here).

My apologies @Wragg. I did not realize my images were oversized. Will comply with that rule in the future...

 

[coldturkey]

Yes, a most interesting and useful thread! There are Resizer apps available on the web. Image Resizer is one.

Yes, my apologies for the mix-up ! And thanks for the recommendation !

 

[coldturkey]

Fortunino Matania, The Torment of Artaxerxes's Wife, Britannia and Eve, May 1943

 

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Charles Gleyre (1806-1874), Roman Brigands

 

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Paul Emile Boutigny (1853-1929), Turkish Atrocities

 

[coldturkey]

Paul Emile Boutigny (1853-1929), The Shipwreckers

 

[coldturkey]

Paul Emil Jacobs, Scene from a Slave Market, 1839

 

[Wragg]

My apologies @Wragg. I did not realize my images were oversized. Will comply with that rule in the future...

All done now