Sex in the Renaissance
Publisher: Atlas Contact
Stances and views in the time of Da Vinci (and what we can learn from them now)
History has never been so exciting
From double standards to dressing in an ‘appropriate’ way: discussions on sexuality are of all times
A unique perspective on a cultural heyday in European history
The orgasm gap, consent and gender: we talk about them every day. But even during the Renaissance, people could not stop talking about sexuality. In this sparkling book, Marlisa den Hartog shows what the sexual codes of behavior were at the time of Michelangelo and Da Vinci. Some ideas sound strange to our ears now, such as the absurd age differences between marriage partners and the widespread belief that the womb could become blocked without sex. But someone from the Renaissance could also have joined in on slut-shaming or laughed at someone’s ‘small dick energy’. How modern are our own sexual views, really? In a completely original way, Den Hartog brings the present into dialogue with the past. In Sex in the Renaissance, she takes the reader on a journey full of alienation as well as recognition, showing how history is highly relevant to better understand our own times and sexuality.
