POLL: What subject next artwork will be?
Added 2020-03-21 09:42:04 +0000 UTCI would love to know your opinion since I have too many ideas and I want all of them, from which shall I start?
Keeping the subject about beautiful androgynous young men, but I have the following themes which I equally like together or separately, but would still want to know your opinion, dear winged patrons!
Don't be shy, vote and comment :D
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What a pleasant coincidence! I actually downloaded examples of Minoan frescoes, and had a plan to draw young feminine boys... and then your suggestion just motivated me to start the drawing right today. Why thank you for the vote and commenting! I agree, only the vestal virgin women priestess and male and eunuchs crossdressers were depicted like that. It's same as in Indian art there are many bare-chested feminine figures like apsaras and devi-dasi dancers (who were dancing for deities), but in indian society it was not accepted. So I'm sure logically in most indo-european ancient societies was same.
2020-03-25 08:19:13 +0000 UTCI voted for historical- would it be possible if you’re willing, would we be able to get a Minoan androgyne? I believe that it’s believed that some of the male youths painted in Minoan frescos may have been priests, as on the Agia Triadha sarcophagus shows, we know that Minoan priests wore women’s vestments during some rituals. Perhaps it was to be able to participate in women’s rites to honor a goddess, who demanded that men cross-dress in her honor, or some other religious reason. I’ve seen plenty of art for Minoan women depicted with unbound breasts dress look- but despite what most artists think, it’s most certainly unlikely that Minoan and the later Mycenaean women walked around bare-breasted all the time. Naked breasts denoted fertility, especially given the ample bosoms on display in Bronze Age art, so the women in frescos would either be doing religious ceremony, or outright depictions of goddesses, not spending an average Minoan/Mycenaean day.
Chthonic Princess
2020-03-21 12:20:41 +0000 UTC
