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Record Number: 18739 Author(s)/Creator(s): Mills , James. Contributor(s): Title: Sexuality in the Danish Medieval Wall-Paintings [The author briefly surveys wall paintings with sexual content in both Denmark and the parts of Sweden that were under the control of Denmark. Many of the paintings depict the punishment of sexual sinners in the afterlife. Title note supplied by Feminae.] Source: Homo Carnalis: The Carnal Aspect of Medieval Human Life.  Edited by Helen Rodite LemayActa.  Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1990.  Pages 129 - 139. Papers presented at a conference held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1987 Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Art History- Painting Denmark Hell in Art Sexuality in Art Sweden Award Note: Geographic Area: Scandinavia Century: 14- 15- 16 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Ten figures. Figure One Painting of man and woman embracing labeled "Luxuria" (Lust), circa 1350 (Kirkerup). Figure Two Painting of souls in torment, circa 1350-1400. A naked woman has basilisks sucking her breasts. The author identifies this as a punishment for childlessness. Also in the painting two naked men are being ridden by demons which the author identifies as the punishment for homosexuality (Birkeroed). Figure Three Isefjord Workshop, Painting of a woman being tormented for adultery and drunkeness, circa 1450. A devil thrusts a torch into her genitals and a bird pecks at her eyes (Marie Magdalene). Figure Four Isefjord Workshop, Painting of a damned nun and priest in a wheelbarrow, circa 1450 (Noerre Herler). Figure Five Isefjord Workshop, Painting of a woman tapping a cask while a devil catches something from the back of the woman, circa 1450 (Tuse). The author suggests that it may be menstrual blood that the devil is collecting. Figure Six Painting of a man whose soul is seized by the devil. In his sleep the man is lusting after a woman, circa 1500 (Saeby). Figure Seven Painting of the old husband dying while the young wife embraces her lover, circa 1500 (Vraa). Figure Eight Painting of a man masturbating against a pillar, circa 1520 (Dalum). Figure Nine Painting of a unipode, a man with one foot, who displays an erect penis from beneath his robe, circa 1525-1550 (Vistofte). Figure Ten Painting of a man defecating, circa 1520 (Noerre Saltum). Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1990. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: Not Available

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