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Erotic helplessness : a study of the history of the Damsel in Distress theme in art
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Smilodontae
Spectator
A propably 18th Century depiction of a north african slave girl.
ducon007
Consul
It says: "A Moorish slave in Algiers, city of Barbaria".
What ??? Our Barb is living there !!!
Smilodontae
Spectator
It would propably be better translated as Barbary, an old name for the western coastline of north africa, a land where many fearsome islamic pirates hailed from, of whose raids the girl in the picture may well have been a victim of.It says: "A Moorish slave in Algiers, city of Barbaria".
What ??? Our Barb is living there !!!
Naraku
Draconarius
Its "Barbarie", as in the Barbary Coast, the coast of North Africa. Barbary means "land of the Berbers".It says: "A Moorish slave in Algiers, city of Barbaria".
What ??? Our Barb is living there !!!
Our beloved Barbaria is a barbarian but she's no Berber.
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The Barbary Coast is a well known landscape for Barbaria.
Barbary Coast
BARBARY COAST 1. At sea, Sunday, 14 June 1803, Lady Barbara Ten days out of Bristol. Until then boredom had prevailed on board HMS Excalibur, but at last the looming mass of the Rock of Gibraltar had been sighted on the horizon, and excitement was building. Soon we would be entering the...
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Naraku
Draconarius
Thaïs was a Greek hetaira, a term that has various interpretations, but could best be described as a "courtesan".
She accompanied Alexander on his conquest of Persia and may have been his lover. She definitely became Ptolemy's lover and accompanied him to Egypt after Alexander's death. It is not known if she ever formally married Ptolemy I or if she ever held the title of Queen (he did have at least two official queens) but she did bear him at least three children and exercised great influence at court.
The Roman's demonized her as they did any powerful and sexually free woman. This likely inspired Dante, who admired the Romans where wrote nasty things about her, to consign her to Hell in the Divine Comedy. She was put among the flatterers who are confined in a shit filled trench. Gustave Dore showed her punishment in one of his illustrations.
'Holly' was posed by erotic model, Ivory Flame, for Manchester artist, Louis Smith. The subject represents a female version of Prometheus."Holly" By Louis Smith
The picture won the second prize in the 2011 BP Portrait Exhibition and was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
RedOrc
Magistrate
This is my favourite Dejah Thoris picture. The style is old fashioned, but she is stark naked as described in the text and very attractive. Even the Thark women are strangely alluring!
captivecuties
Senator
Dido was cut!