Neoclassical Slash

[montagnarde1793]

I'm  presently vastly amused. I don't know if any of you are familiar with Le Sueur's drawing of Capet's execution, but if you're not, you're fortunately about to become familiar with it, because here it is:

I know it's not a very good scan, but do observe that there are indeed two men kissing in the foreground, which I have circled in red so that you might more easily be able to locate them.

I found a mention of the drawing in this book, which on page 74 provides some interesting elaboration on the subject and its portrayal.

That's unfortunately all for the present, but I hope you found it sufficiently enlightening. ;D

Comments

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Hee, and what a present! =D

...I'm only excited for the, er, artistic value, though. Obviously. It has nothing at all to do with what you circled in red.

[maelicia.livejournal.com]

Didn't I post that one many months ago? Though there is far more than just *one* couple of men kissing: most of them are. Wait that I find it in my archives... (I have it in Thomas Crow's Emulation on David, Drouais and Girodet.)

[josiana.livejournal.com]

&hearts Awesome. Yay, expressing liberty with homoerotic behavior. :D We aren't the only ones who draw questionably accurate art with boykissing in it.

[zigsternenstaub.livejournal.com]

Very edifying;)