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- THE CLASSICS BUT MAKE IT GAY KICKSTARTER IS MY KD OF ART HISTORY
- THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
- VTAGE GAY WALL ART & DéR
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* classical gay art *
The first terpretatn of the Ganyme tale is born om the homosexual relatns that were acknowledged some ancient Greek stat. Even as they emphasised the Christian msage of this scene, homosexual artists of the Renaissance were not bld to the more obv meang of the Ganyme myth.
Some patrons may have requted a versn of the Ganyme myth as an exprsn of their homosexual sir. In poetry, plays, and even mon parlance, Ganyme me to stand for both paedophilic and homosexual tast.
THE CLASSICS BUT MAKE IT GAY KICKSTARTER IS MY KD OF ART HISTORY
Homosexualy the morn sense was only named and acknowledged the late neteenth century.
While many homosexual men had to rema gey about their love, there were some outspoken artists who were relatively open about their sir. Today his works, cludg a patg of Ganyme before he is rried off, are some of the few ma by a homosexual artist that explore the psychology of gay men.
Dpe the ubiquy of Ganyme wtern art, his populary fell away the late neteenth century favour of another symbol for homosexual love. It may be that openly displayg a work of Ganyme, wh all of s illic homosexual unrton, would too openly 'out' a llector as a Ganyme himself. In one of the most famo portras of Wckelmann, the great art historian and homosexual n be seen proudly examg an engravg of a statue of Anto.
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By the late neteenth century, Anto had e to replace Ganyme as the in of choice for gay art llectors.
It is no wonr the stori of Anto and Ganyme spoke strongly to gay men tim when their love was illegal. In the 'Gay Corner' of the Congrsnal Cemetery Washgton, you will fd the name of Anto scribed on an obelisk unr the shady branch of a cherry tree. Pated the same year as Amerin Gothic, this piece shows a homoerotic view om Wood.
The wrgs of Marni scribe her own terpretatn of the picted scene to be homoerotic nature due to the male figur erect penis parallel to each other. A homoerotic rual nducted by the two shamans wh the l reprentg energy and/or male ejaculatn at or after puberty. This work particular hosts a homosocial event of mic and s nnectns to love, as signified by the cupid on the left si of the patg.
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Transparency note: This page was reformatted to match later posts, the name of the artist was add, the spellg of Qur’an was changed om ‘Koran’ keepg wh current practice, and the rource A Ltle Gay History was add by Baylee Woodley on March 11, 2022. This kylix vsel, signed by the pater, Pehos, shows heterosexual and homosexual urtship on the exterr.
Demuth was an openly gay artist based Lanster, Pennsylvania (USA).
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Yet, Demuth also pated more homoerotic works of art set bathho and other accepted homosocial environments. ” In Speakg for Vice: Homosexualy the Art of Charl Demuth, Marsn Hartley and the First Amerin Avante-gar, 98-100.
Donatello was one of the first morn artists to be known as gay Florence, a cy where homosexualy was proment among artists and patrons alike, albe, still owned upon by certa sectors (namely, the church.