The Knidian Aphrodite

"14. Europa's kiss is sweet though it reach only to the lips, though it but lightly touch the mouth. But she touches not with the edge of the lips; with her mouth cleaving close she drains the soul from the finger-tips.

15. Where is now Praxiteles? Where are the hands of Polycleitus, that gave life to the works of ancient art? Who shall mould Melite's scented ringlets, or her fiery eyes and the splendour of her neck? Where are the modellers, the carvers in stone? Such beauty, like the image of a god, deserved a temple."

RUFINUS, From the Greek Anthology, book V, Loeb Ed.

A Tumblr about the NUDE & the BODY, especially FEMALE.
centuriespast: Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle, Cylinder seal and impression, Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.) For the ancient Near East, the act of procreation symbolized creation itself. The female figure in this scene reveals only her pubic area as if to emphasize this idea of procreation rather than mere carnality. The hand-to-mouth gesture of the male figure, as well as his downward-stretched arm, document his astonishment at the symbolic truth being revealed to him. The Morgan Library

centuriespast:

Male Figure Before a Goddess Drawing Aside Her Mantle, Cylinder seal and impression, Syria (ca. 1720–1650 B.C.)

For the ancient Near East, the act of procreation symbolized creation itself. The female figure in this scene reveals only her pubic area as if to emphasize this idea of procreation rather than mere carnality. The hand-to-mouth gesture of the male figure, as well as his downward-stretched arm, document his astonishment at the symbolic truth being revealed to him.

The Morgan Library

(via coeurdelhistoire)

poboh: Nu ou Femme au Chat, 1925, Micao Kono. Japanese (1876 - 1954)

poboh:

Nu ou Femme au Chat, 1925, Micao Kono. Japanese (1876 - 1954)

ateismoepeitos: Marylin Monroe em seu famoso último ensaio, de Bert Stern.

ateismoepeitos:

Marylin Monroe em seu famoso último ensaio, de Bert Stern.