This section is
somewhat theoretical. Science can be quite sexy after all.
Here, I will discuss female images that I find inspiring or with whom -
in some way - I identify. I added lots of text and media from pop
culture and fine arts, as well as the occasional picture of myself
trying to personify a particular stereotype. Explicit erotic media are
not covered, simply because they don't turn me on. (You can find rather
very explicit media on the same topics in the link
section in a few days).
Feel free to skip my theoretical elaboration and simply enjoy the
pictures/poems.
You'll find that my taste is a wee bit on the morbid side. Death,
unconsciousness and violence are recurring themes.
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The 18th century saw a growing fascination with beautified female corpses and, accordingly, gave birth to a number of artworks that linked death with love. Beginning with the graveyard poets, the romantic undertones soon became heavier, darker, gloomier, when the heroines of the (still young) genre of the novel started to choose death over marriage. |
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Gothic novels have shaped us all, they are 18th century pop culture. Demons, persecuted maidens, sadistic villains, femmes fatales, lesbian predators, sublime landscapes, innocence and incest. Set in the exotic middle ages in the uncivilized catholic countries Italy and Spain. |
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Pre-raphaelite depictions of women have it all; red hair, cherry mouths, boats. There's saints and whores and they ooze passivity and weakness, and frequently find tragic death, preferably by suicide (an appropriate action for a fallen woman). |
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The Film Noir brings us some strong-willed ladies at last (or stubborn if you will), who will nonetheless be punished, destroyed, or, at best, fetishized. This section is once again about the femme fatale (and has a whole lot of theory ;) ). |