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Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, 1893
PINDAR (514-438 B.C.), Greek poet
His beloved was a beautiful young boy, Theoxenus of Tenedos, in whose
arms he is said to have died in the theater at Argos. He once wrote of
himself, "I, like wax of the sacred bees when smitten by the sun, am
melted when I look at the young limbs of boys."
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.), Macedonian
ruler
Among the peace offerings sent to him by the Persians after the death
of King Darius III was an uncommonly beautiful boy, Bagoas, who had
been castrated at an early age to preserve his tender young looks.
According to one ancient source, Bagoas "had been loved by Darius and
was afterwards to be loved by Alexander."
CATULLUS (84-54 B.C.), Roman poet
In his poems, he liked to boast of his conquests of young boys, and
bragged that once, after surprising a boy and girl in the act of making
love, he mounted the boy "to please Venus;" Catullus, barely thirty
when he died, expressed disgust for most homosexuals, except those who
were active lovers of young boys.
HADRIAN (76-138 A.D.), Roman emperor
His great love was Antinous, a 15-year-old boy he discovered on a
journey through Bithynia. When Antinous died by drowning at the age of
21, Hadrian was grief-stricken. He had the dead boy deified, founded a
city in Egypt to honor him, erected statues in honor of him through-out
the empire, and commissioned sculptures, paintings and coins to be made
bearing his likeness. The resulting cult of Antinous excited such awe
and admiration that it threatened to overshadow the growing cult of
Jesus of Nazareth; accordingly, early Christian sects went to great
lengths to villify both Hadrian and his boy lover.
STRATO (2nd Century), Greek poet
One of the most cheerfully gluttonous boy chasers of the ancient world,
Strato was the editor and primary author of the Musa Puerilis, an
anthology of over two hundred epigrams devoted to the subject of
boy-love. He blithely confessed that he liked "a boy's body hot from
the park, all grimy and the sight of his flesh rubbed down with oil.
Nice, and artless; none of the pretty 'enchantment' laid on by your
merchants of the romantic."
LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519), Italian painter,
inventor, scientist
At the age of 38, Leonardo "adopted" a beautiful but roguish 10-year-
old boy, nicknamed Salai ("Little Devil"). His presence in Leonardo's
home has perplexed scholars for several centuries, since Salai was
neither servant nor apprentice, and since Leonardo himself described
the boy as a "thieving, lying, obstinate" glutton. The two were
inseparable companions for nearly twenty-six years.
MICHELANGELO (1475-1564), Italian sculptor and
painter
Michelangelo was in his late sixties when he met Cecchino dei Bracci,
the charming and beautiful 15-year-old nephew of one of his friends. Of
the boy's beauty, he wrote: "With his face God wished to correct
nature." Bracci died in 1544, at the age of 16. Michelangelo designed
the boy's tomb and composed no fewer than fifty epitaphic poems
mourning his death. Other boys thought to have been Michelangelo's
lovers were: Gherardo Perini, a strikingly beautiful young male model
whose relation- ship with Michelangelo was the subject of much gossip
at the time; Tommaso Cavalieri, an intelligent and handsome young
nobleman who remained one of Michelangelo's lifelong friends; and Febo
di Poggio, a luckless young male prostitute, of whom Michelangelo
wrote: "Up from the earth I rose with his wings, and death itself I
could have found sweet."
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593), English dramatist
Marlowe's tastes are best characterized by his famous epigram, "All
they that love not tobacco and boys are fools."
HORATIO ALGER (1834-1899), U.S. novelist
As pastor of the Unitarian Church in Brewster, Massachusetts, he
befriended many of the local boys and took them on afternoon seaside
picnics, which, to the outrage of the community, turned out to be
mini-orgies in the dunes. When the truth came out, Alger was arrested
and run out of town.
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (1840-1893), English author
and historian
He believed that "beauty came first, before virtue" and as a fellow at
Magdalen College, he became infatuated with one choirboy after another.
Suffering a nervous breakdown at 23 (probably due in large part to
sexual conflicts), he went to Switzerland to recover his health, and
there apparently had an affair with a beautiful 19-year-old: "It is a
splendid sight to see him asleep with the folded arms and the vast
chest of a young Hercules, innocent of clothing." Later, doing
historical research in Italy, he had affairs with various young
gondoliers and the like.
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900), Irish dramatist and wit
He once bragged to a friend of having had love affairs with five
different boys in a single night. "I kissed each one of them in every
part of their bodies," he said. "They were all dirty and appealed to me
just for that reason." Wilde claimed to prefer lower-class boys because
"their passion was all body and no soul."
FRIEDRICH ALFRED KRUPP (1854-1902), German
industrialist
Described by one writer as "a devious and disingenuous character,"
Krupp set up a lavish private pleasure palace in a grotto on Capri,
where he entertained under-age Italian boys, mostly the sons of local
fishermen. Sex was performed to the accompaniment of a live string
quartet, and orgasms were celebrated with bursts of fireworks. When
Krupp's wife, back home in Germany, got wind of what was going on, she
went straight to the Kaiser who promptly had her committed to an insane
asylum; the Krupp empire was too vital to German national security to
be compromised by such stories. However, the German press eventually
found out about Krupp's private sex parties and printed the whole messy
story, complete with photographs taken by Krupp himself in the grotto.
Rather than face the inevitable disgrace, Krupp committed suicide in
Italy.
CONSTANTINE CAVAFY (1863-1933), Greek poet
Living in Alexandria, he frequented the houses of prostitution where
strong, well-built Greek boys (most of them poor and with wretched jobs
during the day) earned extra money by having sex with homosexuals. He
bribed his servants to ruffle up his bed at night, so that his mother
wouldn't suspect he had been out all night long.
ANDRE GIDE (1869-1951), French author
He had his first homosexual experience when he was 23, with a
14-year-old Arab boy in Tunisia. In Algeria, he fell in love with his
15-year-old servant boy; Gide wanted to take him back to France, but
Gide's mother objected to the idea of a "Negro" in the house. When he
was 47, Gide fell in love and had a long-lasting affair with a
16-year-old boy, Marc Allegret, who later became a well-known film
producer.
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the NAMBLA Bulletin , Vol. 7 , No. 10, Pgs. 14 - 15, 1986.
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According to Aristophanes, human beings used to have four arms, four legs, and two sets of genitals, either two male sets, or two female, or one of each. But Zeus split everyone in two, forcing them to wander around on just two legs looking for their other half, with their sexual orientation determined by the genitals of that alter ego they yearned for. Sex hasn't changed much; we are still on that same quest, and many of the sexual attitudes from two and a half thousand years ago are still around today - but there are also some radical differences.
Many Greek philosophers were lukewarm on the subject of sex. Democritus thought that people derive as much pleasure from scratching themselves as they do from having sex. Aristotle asked "Why are people ashamed to admit that they want to have sexual intercourse, whereas this is not the case with drinking or eating or other such things? Is it because most of our desires are for things we must have, some of them actually being essential for life, whereas sexual desire is a non-vital indulgence? (Ps.-Aristotle, Problems ). Epicurus (yes, that Epicurus, the one who regarded pleasure as life's central purpose) said that "sexual intercourse has never done anyone any good, and we should be content if it does us no actual harm" (Epicurus, frg. 62).
On the other hand, Greek physicians took a much more positive view. They recommended intercourse as a way of countering a wide spectrum of ailments: depression, indigestion, jaundice, lower back pain, weak eyes, and many more. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, states that unrestrained intercourse cures dysentery. Sex gives relief to a man bitten by a snake or stung by a scorpion, although it harms the woman who is his partner. It can even restore sanity.
Ancient Greek medical texts also provide many remedies for male impotence: for example, smearing your penis with a mixture of pepper, olive oil, and honey. If you want to make your penis look especially big, soak the root of a specific but unidentifiable plant in good wine for three days and, when needed, tie it to your thigh. Aristotle thought size mattered, but not how you might think: the longer a man's penis, the farther his semen has to travel and the greater the chance that he will be unable to father children.
The images that follow present just a few of these sexual curiosities in Ancient Greece - sometimes satirical, sometimes familiar, and often strange.
Date & Location: 1930, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Where can I see this artwork?: Sheldon Museum of Art in Lincoln, Nebraska
Previously part of Hide/Seek: Differences in American Portraiture in association with the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery
Painted in the same year as American Gothic , this piece shows a homoerotic view from Wood. The central figure being Arnold Pyle, the artists assistant and a possible love interest as Grant surrounded himself with other men who looked similar. With a background depicting nude male figures bathing against an idyllic setting like Wood’s other paintings, this painting suggests sexuality and the coming of age of a man as the title ensues.
Arnold Comes of Age . Smithsonian Institution, npg.si.edu/object/npg_N-38.
“Critics’ Picks: Grant Wood’s Painting ‘Arnold Comes of Age,’ ‘Monroe’ on DVD and Queen Elizabeth II.” The Seattle Times , The Seattle Times Company, 3 June 2012, www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/critics-picks-grant-woods-painting-arnold-comes-of-age-monroe-on-dvd-and-queen-elizabeth-ii/.
Terry. “American Gothic: Grant Wood.” Gay Influence: Gay & Bisexual Men of Importance , 2014, gayinfluence.blogspot.com/2011/12/american-gothic-grant-wood.html.
Date & Location: 10,000 BCE in Mount Pellegrino in Palermo , Sicily , southern Italy.
This cave painting was found in 1953 in Mount Pellegrino by archaeologist Jole Bovio Marconi after an explosion uncovered part of the site during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in World War II. The writings of Marconi describe her own interpretation of the depicted scene to be homoerotic in nature due to the male figures erect penises parallel to each other.
There are several interpretations of the scene depicted:
“Addaura Cave Engravings (11,000 BCE).” A-Z Of PREHISTORIC ART , www.visual-arts-cork.com/prehistoric/addaura-cave.htm. Accessed 15 July 2018.
Penczak, Christopher. “Before the Pen and the Plow.” In Gay Witchcraft: Empowering the Tribe , 10-12. Weiser Books, 2003.
Media: Painted Pottery (Kylix Vase)
Where can I see this artwork?: Antikensammlung in Berlin, Germany
Achilles and Patroclus, are one of the most celebrated male warrior pairs in Greek literature after the Trojan War. Achilles is a young Greek warrior in Homer’s Iliad who possesses superhuman strength and ability as he was born from a nymph and a mortal. He is known for his only weakness being in his heel as his mother dipped him in the river Styx as an infant and held him by his heel. Patroclus is a warrior who grew up as a role model and companion to Achilles as appointed by Achilles’ father.
Homer, the poet writes the pair as two friends with a tender relationship later deemed as pederastic by the Greeks, where in which an older male figure mentors and cares for the younger as a “rite of passage” that could include sexual relations. After the death Patroclus, Achilles’ aim for fighting in the war became Patroclus. Achilles’ grief causes him insomnia and a great drive to fight and avenge Patroclus’ death at the hands of Hector, a Trojan prince and fighter for Troy. After Homer’s Iliad , the two can be found in art and literature demonstrating their bond and companionship.
Gabriel Laguna-Mariscal, and Manuel Sanz-Morales. “Was the Relationship between Achilles and Patroclus Homoerotic? The View of Apollonius Rhodius.” Hermes 133, no. 1 (2005): 120-23. http://www.jstor.org.proxy.library.cpp.edu/stable/4477639 .
Morales, Manuel Sanz, and Gabriel Laguna Mariscal. “The Relationship between Achilles and Patroclus According to Chariton of Aphrodisias.” The Classical Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2003): 292-95.
Featured Artwork: Fe-Be’s Leather David
Date & Location: 1966 in San Francisco, CA (USA)
Where can I see this artwork?: The GLBT History Museum in San Francisco, CA (USA)
Significance to Queer Art History:
Created originally on commission for Fe-Be’s, the first leather bar on Folsom Street in San Francisco, CA.
This was a re-creation of Michelangelo’s iconic “David” as a leather biker icon. The iconic figure later appeared in other plaster and even bronze statues at bars around the United States.
Michelangelo’s David for reference:
Caffee, Mike. Fe-Be’s Leather David . 1966. GLBT Historical Society Museum, San Francisco, CA.
“The Leather David or Fe-Be’s Statue.” The Leather David or Fe-Be’s Statue. Accessed August 2017. http://leatherdavid.blogspot.com/.
Where can I find this artwork?: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, NY (USA)
Significance to Queer Art History: Car avaggio’s work, characterized by his dramatic chiaroscuro technique (chiaroscuro uses dramatic lights and darks to model the figures coming out of the shadows in a “theatrical spotlight” manner) were sensual and dreamlike. This work in particular hosts a homosocial event of music and its connections to love, as signified by the cupid on the left side of the painting.
“Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) | The Musicians | The Met.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed August 2017. http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435844.
Saslow, James M. Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts . New York, NY: Viking, 2000. 114-118.
Artist: Muhammad Qasim
Media: Miniature Ink and paint illustration
Date and location: 1627 in the Persian Empire (Now Iran)
Where can I find this artwork?: The Louvre in Paris France in Islamic Art: The Modern Empires (1500–1800)
This miniature illustration depicts Shah Abbas I of Persia and his page boy interacting and sharing wine. The imagery is soft and intimate as the page holds the wine flask erect towards the Shah’s crotch and almost embraces him. In Islam, sex was a positive thing. Sex between men was even held as a “spiritual bliss”, albeit not officially condoned. The small Arabic lettering on the right hand side gestures at the bliss of wine and lovers, reading:
“May life provide all that you desire from three lips: those of your lover, the river, and the cup.”
All three of these things may be featured if the tree setting is in fact, near a river. This illustration also brings forward an allusion to the Qur’an’s view of paradise with all the blisses of life from the poem in tact.
Parkinson, R.B. A Little Gay History: Desire and Diversity Across the World. London: The British Museum Press, 2013, 73.
Saslow, James M. Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts . New York, NY: Viking, 2000. 146-147.
Summers, Claude J. “Erotic Miniature Painting.” In The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts . San Francisco: Cleis Press, 2004.
“Work Shah Abbas I and His Page.” Louvre Museum | Paris. Accessed August 11, 2017. http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/shah-abbas-i-and-his-page.
Transparency note: This page was reformatted to match later posts, the name of the artist was added, the spelling of Qur’an was changed from ‘Koran’ in keeping with current practice, and the resource A Little Gay History was added by Baylee Woodley on March 11, 2022.
Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) was known for his realistic depictions humans and his sometimes even “gritty” depictions of life and the body as seen through the eye.
During his time as a realist, women’s rights movements in the US and across some of Europe were just getting into their places of mobilization. While many men at this time were “distraught”, they were also calmed by art of a voyeuristic nature to that surged at this time as Romantic authors and artists hinted into the “secret” and romantic lives of women.
Featured Artwork: Le Sommeil (The Sleepers)
Date & Location: 1866 in Paris, France
Where can I view this artwork?: The Petit Palais in Paris, France
Significance to Queer Art History: Le Sommeil was commissioned by the Turkish Ambassador to Paris for his private collection. This painting was catered to the male gaze in this way and for the fact that men at this time were indeed, interested in looking into the romantic lives of women who loved women for their own pleasure. While this is, one can see that the women’s bodies are realistic and curved instead of (to put this plainly for the times) “photoshopped” into magazine figures. This shows Courbet’s eye for realism. The strewn objects (pearls, hair clips, and blankets) are also in a fashion that shows prior activity and lust after one another between the women.
“The Sleepers.” Petit Pa
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