In my last post I examined the connections between technology and erotica and emerging discourses of art and pornography through the creation of the Modi, a series of racy prints. I argued that early modern conceptions of art were closely tied to the (male) artist’s ability to depict a beautiful, nude female body. In such …
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Erotic Technologies
Printing, Piracy and Porn New technologies have played an active role in the form and dissemination of modern pornography. In the 19th century photography allowed for the production of supposedly ‘real’ images. Advances in media technologies such as color printing and moving pictures similarly facilitated the spread of erotic imagery. The advent of streaming video …
The Renaissance Uncensored 