To whoever reported it I say this. I know its nudity but its the statue of David. I'm not censoring the statue of David lol.
A while ago, I went to Good Will and saw (and bought) a stone relief of the Vitruvian Man. I love the art itself, but even better was that the staff of the store had taped a tiny piece of paper over the genitalia. That will never not be funny.
Actually, Michelangelo made it small on purpose, because big ones were seen as a sign of low intelligence and animal-like behavior back then. Probably for racism reasons.
An ancient cracked.com article posited that, seen from above - as might be the theoretical perspective of the sculptor - every aspect of the statue represents the subject being in a state of fear, due to being about to fight Goliath, hence the shrinkage.
Unfortunately I cannot find the article, nor prove this to be the case.
I remember it!
Well, that means you are my new best friend. Sorry if you weren't looking for one - the process is automatic.
Great article and very convincing. If you look at his face from an elevated position, it's obvious he's scared shitless.
FFS, David was a shepherd boy facing the Phillistine's giant hero! Yeah he was scared.
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Left it open earlier, came home and it was blank. Strange. Commented now.
I would have been as well!
Oh sweet, I'm like a fucking genius then
When you look at anything, always consider racism reasons
What, I think you're getting things backwards there.
What do you mean?
It's generally considered that the whole "black people have tremendous dicks" thing, to quote Eddie Murphy, is because that was considered somehow brutish or animalistic, and therefore something they would have. Rather than what you're implying. And I say this as a man with a tremendous dick. You're putting the cart before the horse, to hold its tremendous dick.
Where's that picture of Priapus with his massive cock in a wheelbarrow, I feel it would illustrate my point nicely here.
Actually, black people DO on average have larger dicks than Caucasians. Not by anywhere near as much as the stereotype goes, but it's still a thing.
That's often something racists do: take a small real difference and blow it up into a (somewhat literally in this case) larger than life caricature and then declare it a bad thing.
Btw, I couldn't find the wheelbarrow one, but here's a fun SFW pic of Priapus:
Maybe, but again - were the Ancient Greeks really influenced by that? Probably more from observing the behaviour (and anatomy) of horses and certain livestock. I do think you're getting the cart before the massive horse cock.
No, they weren't. The "barbarians" they despised were all of their neighbors. That is what barbarian originally meant, not Greek. When they felt like being really spicy it'd mean people from a different city state.
I don't think you're right, but I love your headcannon of Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists making the dicks small to emulate the ancient Greeks' zealously pointing out that their sculpture was not of horses, goats or sheep ๐
I mean that's likely where the idea of massive throbbing boners being bestial and whatnot came from. The horse's handbrake. You ever seen one of those? And they really are violent rapists, hence the myth of the centaurs.
Why is it so smooth and pointy?
It was the style at the time.
I see no onions!
They're hanging just behind David's Johnson.
Original looks perfectly normal to me guys.
Oh, internet, bringer of smooth-pointy weiners...
Why is it pointy
Isn't yours?
I think I know why the statues have tinny wangs.
Growers not showers?
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