Well, a sick child and piled up grading cut my endeavor of making something for 30 days short. I made it further than I thought I would, so maybe that is worth something. Anyway, back in the studio today.
I have been interested in the history of the bed for a long time - finally found a book that is a wonderful read and great source of information.
"This book explores images whose sexual content has all too often been either ignored or denied. Each chapter is devoted to a place that artists associated with sexual activity or desire: the bed, the dressing area of the home, the window and doorway, the bath, and the street. By examining both canonical works, such as Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait and Petrus Christus’ Goldsmith’s Shop and long-neglected objects, such as combs, badges, and bathhouse murals, and by investigating a wide range of sexualities—same-sex desire, adultery, marriage, courtship, and prostitution—Wolfthal demonstrates how illicit forms of sexuality were linked to the “chaste sexuality” of marriage." - source is Yale University Press.
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From the book, "...combs were personal objects that came in intimate contact with the beloved during the process of beautification." The book offers several visuals combs and discusses how the act of combing ones hair was considered seductive. I am interested in how objects become a significant part of a culture. Combs "...designed to serve as love tokens." The above image is by an anonymous English artist, around 1600, entitled Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southhampton and is discussed in the book.
I have been interested in the history of the bed for a long time - finally found a book that is a wonderful read and great source of information.
"This book explores images whose sexual content has all too often been either ignored or denied. Each chapter is devoted to a place that artists associated with sexual activity or desire: the bed, the dressing area of the home, the window and doorway, the bath, and the street. By examining both canonical works, such as Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait and Petrus Christus’ Goldsmith’s Shop and long-neglected objects, such as combs, badges, and bathhouse murals, and by investigating a wide range of sexualities—same-sex desire, adultery, marriage, courtship, and prostitution—Wolfthal demonstrates how illicit forms of sexuality were linked to the “chaste sexuality” of marriage." - source is Yale University Press.
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From the book, "...combs were personal objects that came in intimate contact with the beloved during the process of beautification." The book offers several visuals combs and discusses how the act of combing ones hair was considered seductive. I am interested in how objects become a significant part of a culture. Combs "...designed to serve as love tokens." The above image is by an anonymous English artist, around 1600, entitled Elizabeth Vernon, Countess of Southhampton and is discussed in the book.
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