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The World History of Male Love
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Zeus and Ganymede stood for many things.
We
tell the myth in full,
look at its meanings,
and enjoy
the art.
Von Gloeden's
classical scenes
have earned him a reputation as one of
the founding fathers of gay photography.
. . .
subtly homoerotic to pass Victorian muster, such as this
Spinario by Gustav Eberlein,
were all the rage in the late 1800s.
. . . from Gibraltar to the Bay of Bengal,
usually sang of handsome youths.
Rest a moment, traveler, and
read a few.
. . . by anti-sex religious dogma,
the Japanese developed a sophisticated
culture of
male homoerotic art.
. . . was NOT sculpted by Mr. Barberini.
Visit our
Roman sculpture garden
for more examples of ancient gay art.
More than one thousand vases depicting homosexual themes have survived since the heyday of Greek culture.
Visit our collection.
Von Gloeden's pictures fascinated the Victorians, who may have been less uptight
then us today.
Judge for yourself.
Not so fast! Male love inspired Arab, Persian and Mughal
poets,
painters, and kings like Shah Abbas I of Persia, here embracing his wine boy.