Recently a visitor made a post indicating they were from Germany (thanks again for the visit) and that they had appreciated my Woman’s Day post, which was geared toward appreciating women for their beauty, something that has had a profound effect on the world since the beginning of time. It reminded them of the “Gallery of Beauties” in Munich, a collection of some of the most fetching an beautiful women of both the nobility and middle class and was created to essentially show off the beauty of young German women to visitors.
Well quite some time back, probably two or three years ago, I ran across a red-pill blog that featured a host of old school artwork, much if it featured on the cover of novels and such, but also use for many other purposes. I fell in love with the style, which is very “American” to me, though I’m sure not all of the works are from American artists. I believe it hails from somewhere in the period of the 40’s through the 60’s, and maybe even through the 70’s. Something about it is very catching to the eye. The beauty of the women, the masculinity of the men, the clothing, the colors, the brush strokes: All of it wonderful! Though the links on the blog I am referring to seem to be mostly dead I was able to snag quite a bit of the stuff from another site and have posted it into my public OneDrive folder. Some of it may contain light nudity, but from what I could see there is nothing sexual in nature in the bunch. Despite that the women featured are surprisingly erotic, many of them dolled up in free-flowing dresses, heels and garters. Feel free to take a peek and appreciate it!
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I love the Gallery of Beauties collection – how interesting!
I’ve noticed that sometimes religious men completely downplay the importance of a woman’s beauty, as if it’s something that needs to be ignored or even hidden. I think maybe it goes back to early day Catholicism, with their ideas from St. Augustine and St. Jerome about sex being sinful, and a woman’s beauty only perceived as opportunity for temptation – and not for appreciation as artwork.
It does come from St Augustine. I’ve been reading his City of God and he hated sexual pleasure and sexual desire. He was extremely arrogant and viewed the common with contempt. I’ve got no idea why anyone would want to listen to anything he said.
I will need to pick that up and read it. I want a better understanding of why Christianity, as a whole, has turned sex into such a dirty subject, even between husbands and wives! I was considering writing something about it, but dont think I have all my thoughts together on it. Either way its a bad situation that leads to even more bad situations. I have already pointed out the problems with the “The New Drug” movement, which, by demonizing porn while pushing for young girls to avoid marriage until their late 20’s/early 30’s perpetuates the problem with porn “addiction”! As Christians we should be openly embracing sex as a great thing! It was given to us by God for a purpose – for a few purposes, all of them good! Instead we turn it into a nasty necessity. It’s an absolute shame.
I’ll warn you now, city of god is a very dry and long read, it’s only bearable with lots of skim reading.
It’s extremely frustrating how christians push girls to marry late, especially when the world is full of non christian girls who will cheerfully put out for you. The problem is 99% of Christians are essentially feminists and all feminists hate early marriage.
I’m glad you liked the Gallery of Beauties! 🙂 It fascinates me as well. What a surprise it must have been for shoemaker Sedlmayr when the king asked for permission to have his daughter Helene painted. What an honour for his family! On the other hand the king was known for his unabashed extra-marital affairs, and a few fathers/ husbands hesitated to give their permission because they didn’t want their daughter/ wife to be associated with the king’s mistresses (whose pictures are also feautured in the gallery).
And what an insane luxury it was back then to have your appearance captured, it took several sessions, a skilled painter, expensive material… hard to imagine nowadays, where people keep snapping themselves some ten times a day.
I like your Gallery of 50s/ 60s Beauties as well, especially the picture where the husband opens the door and finds his wife waiting for him in a nice dress!
It really is amazing. Painters are fascinating in that good ones can capture so much life, expression, warmth and realism in their paintings!
I’m glad you like the gallery. None of it is mine, of course, but I very much enjoy looking at it. The work of the artist, the subject matter, the time period it represents. Seems like a few lifetimes away from the current climate, where man and woman seem to be at opposite ends of the battlefield.