Medieval erotica
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| As [[Peter Webb]] notes in his excellent ''[[The Erotic Arts]]'', [[eroticism]] is rare in the art of the [[Early Christian]] period and the [[Middle Ages]]. [[Pagan]] monuments were often overtly sexual, but Christian art shunned the world of [[physical love]]. Christianity was a [[non-sexual religion]] ([[Virgin birth of Jesus]], [[Saint Paul]] advocating [[Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church)|clerical celibacy]]). | As [[Peter Webb]] notes in his excellent ''[[The Erotic Arts]]'', [[eroticism]] is rare in the art of the [[Early Christian]] period and the [[Middle Ages]]. [[Pagan]] monuments were often overtly sexual, but Christian art shunned the world of [[physical love]]. Christianity was a [[non-sexual religion]] ([[Virgin birth of Jesus]], [[Saint Paul]] advocating [[Clerical celibacy (Catholic Church)|clerical celibacy]]). | ||
| - | It was an era of [[sexual repression]], but there are exceptions of course. There were [[elegiac comedy|elegiac comedies]] such as [[Lidia]], [[erotic folklore]] such as the [[fabliaux]], seductive enchantresses such as the [[Morgan le Fay]], [[succubi]] and [[incubi]], sexual church [[gargoyle]] ornamentations and [[Sheela na Gig]]s and sexual [[misericord]]s. | + | Very much contrary to the [[Classic erotica|sexual morality of antiquity]], the [[Middle Ages]] were an era of [[sexual repression]], with exceptions of course. There were [[elegiac comedy|elegiac comedies]] such as [[Lidia]], [[erotic folklore]] such as the [[fabliaux]], seductive enchantresses such as the [[Morgan le Fay]], [[succubi]] and [[incubi]], sexual church [[gargoyle]] ornamentations and [[Sheela na Gig]]s and sexual [[misericord]]s. |
| The [[Christian repression]] of sexuality led to the depiction of [[erotic horror]]s in various frescos such as [[Giotto]]'s ''[[Last Judgement (Giotto)|Last Judgement]]''. | The [[Christian repression]] of sexuality led to the depiction of [[erotic horror]]s in various frescos such as [[Giotto]]'s ''[[Last Judgement (Giotto)|Last Judgement]]''. | ||
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As Peter Webb notes in his excellent The Erotic Arts, eroticism is rare in the art of the Early Christian period and the Middle Ages. Pagan monuments were often overtly sexual, but Christian art shunned the world of physical love. Christianity was a non-sexual religion (Virgin birth of Jesus, Saint Paul advocating clerical celibacy).
Very much contrary to the sexual morality of antiquity, the Middle Ages were an era of sexual repression, with exceptions of course. There were elegiac comedies such as Lidia, erotic folklore such as the fabliaux, seductive enchantresses such as the Morgan le Fay, succubi and incubi, sexual church gargoyle ornamentations and Sheela na Gigs and sexual misericords.
The Christian repression of sexuality led to the depiction of erotic horrors in various frescos such as Giotto's Last Judgement.
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