The Classics But Make It Gay Kickstarter by Nova and Mali sets to create an art book that reimag art history wh margalized voic as the fol pot.
Contents:
- CLASSIL/ "GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
- 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
- "GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
CLASSIL/ "GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
* 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.
THE CLASSICS BUT MAKE IT GAY KICKSTARTER IS MY KD OF ART HISTORY
In poetry, plays, and even mon parlance, Ganyme me to stand for both paedophilic and homosexual tast. 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.
THE GAY FIGURE ARTISTS ARE REIMAGG THE MALE GAZE
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.
VTAGE GAY WALL ART & DéR
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.
"GAY"/ FE ART PRTS ▼
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.