Gay greek statues
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Love that this statue is apparently a gay landmark. Thank you for the history lesson, Casey McQuiston & RWRB!
HRH Henry: "And James's son, Charles I, is the reason we have dear Samson. It's the only Giambologna that ever left Florence. He was a gift to Charles from the King of Spain, and Charles gave it, this huge, absolutely priceless masterpiece of a sculpture, to Villiers. And a few centuries later, here he is. One of the most beautiful pieces we possess, and we didn't even steal it. We only needed Villiers and his trolloping ways with the queer monarchs. To me, if there were a registry of national same-sex attracted landmarks in Britain, Samson would be on it."
Henry's beaming like a satisfied parent, like Samson is his, and Alex is hit with a wave of pride in kind.
He takes his phone out and lines up a shot, Henry standing there all soft and rumpled and smiling next to one of the most exquisite works of art in the world.
"What are you doing?"
"Im taking a picture of a national gay landmark, Alex tells him. "And also
Sex, gender, and relationships were viewed very differently in the ancient world across cultures.
Introduction
This gallery explores the expression of same-sex treasure in the ancient Mediterranean through art. The Mediterranean was place to many cultures and societies, each with differing views on gender, sex, and relationships. Art was used to celebrate cultural ideals of love and desire or to subvert social norms.
Every culture represented in this gallery visualized love in its own way and had unique expectations of ideal relationships. Some cultures, like the Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans, used similar imagery to convey the dynamics of desire.
Mastaba of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
Same-sex love and desire are infrequently depicted in ancient Egyptian art, although Egypt did not have any prohibitions against homosexuality. A scarce example is the tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum, two men who have been speculated to be a couple. In art from their shared tomb, Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were depicted in a manner consistent with married cou
Socrates &#; Sophocles Statues
History
Many New York Town public parks and playgrounds are named in honor of prominent figures in New York Capital and American history. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Undertaking compiled a list of public parks and playgrounds named after gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals, several of which intentionally honor an LGBT individual. In addition, there are memorials that honor LGBT individuals. This list includes the Socrates and Sophocles Statues in The Park at Athens Square in Queens.
The nine-acre Park at Athens Square, on 30th Avenue in Astoria, Queens, was formerly a college playground and adjacent park opened in and , respectively. After the Metropolis funded reconstruction in , the area’s Greek-American community wanted it turned into a neighborhood gathering place. Architect Stamatios P. Lykos created a central court with an amphitheater and sculptural elements, a recreational territory, and perimeter seating. The park was completed in The focal point of the central court is three Doric columns and four statues of Greek figures. These inclu
Bronze statuette of Athena
This is a bronze statuette of Athena, the Greek goddess of war and wisdom. She is also the goddess of pot-making and wool-working, and she is the patron of the ancient city of Athens. This object is nearly years aged. It was created in the Roman period (1st - 2nd century CE), but it is actually a copy of a Greek statue from the 5th century BCE. Here we can see Athena wearing her helmet and battle armour. In one hand she once held a spear, but this has now been lost. She also holds a bowl used for prayer and making offerings. Real women in ancient Greece had very tiny role outside their homes or in the public sphere including in warfare. However religious rituals were the exception and women played an important role in carrying them out.
The statue was owned by Sigmund Freud, the Jewish-Austrian founder of "psychoanalysis". In , Freud fled from his home in Vienna to London to escape the Nazis and the Athena statuette was one of the items he chose to smuggle out of the country with him, before he knew he could rescue his entire collection. Soon after hi