Zoe Dawson - Visual Art
[3]
,
Written
in
Über
die
allgemeinste
Erniedrigung
des
Liebeslebens"
[The
most
prevalent
form
of
degradation
in
erotic
life]
Sigmund
Freud
explains
the
Madonna-‐whore
complex
as
a
man
longing
lustfully
for
an
exciting,
experienced
prostitute,
but
longing
for
a
wife
or
love
interest
who
showed
chaste
and
respectable
values.
This
is
based
on
a
boy-‐child’s
admiration
of
his
mother,
and
her
apparent
domestic
qualities
and
a
later
difficulty
to
be
attracted
to
a
woman
like
ones
mother,
whilst
still
yearning
for
the
company
of
such
a
woman.
Cabanel’s
Venus
provided
these
men
with
a
beautiful
Goddess
who
could
be
considered
as
either,
or
even
both
types
of
women.
[4]
The
Birth
of
Venus
(1485)
Sandro
Botticelli
[5]
Primavera
(1482)
Sandro
Botticelli
[6]
Excerpt
101
from Angelo Poliziano's Stanze di messer
23
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