Portal:Erotica and pornography
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Introduction
Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material "such as a picture, video, or text" that is intended for sexual arousal. Made for the consumption by adults, pornography depictions have evolved from cave paintings, some forty millennia ago, to virtual reality presentations. A general distinction of adult content is made classifying it as pornography or erotica.
The oldest artifacts considered pornographic were discovered in Germany in 2008 CE and are dated to be at least 35,000 years old. Throughout the history of erotic depictions, various people made attempts to suppress them under obscenity laws, censor, or make them illegal. Such grounds and even the definition of pornography have differed in various historical, cultural, and national contexts. The Indian Sanskrit text Kama Sutra (3rd century CE) contained prose, poetry, and illustrations regarding sexual behavior, and the book was celebrated; while the British English text Fanny Hill (1748), considered "the first original English prose pornography," has been one of the most prosecuted and banned books. In the late 19th century, a film by Thomas Edison that depicted a kiss was denounced as obscene in the United States, whereas Eugène Pirou's 1896 film Bedtime for the Bride was received very favorably in France. Starting from the mid-twentieth century on, societal attitudes towards sexuality became more lenient in the Western world where legal definitions of obscenity were made limited. In 1969, Blue Movie became the first film to depict unsimulated sex that received a wide theatrical release in the United States. This was followed by the "Golden Age of Porn" (1969–1984). The introduction of home video and the World Wide Web in the late 20th century led to global growth in the pornography business. Beginning in the 21st century, greater access to the Internet and affordable smartphones made pornography more mainstream. (Full article...)
Erotica is literature or art that deals substantively with subject matter that is erotic, sexually stimulating or sexually arousing. Some critics regard pornography as a type of erotica, but many consider it to be different. Erotic art may use any artistic form to depict erotic content, including painting, sculpture, drama, film or music. Erotic literature and erotic photography have become genres in their own right. Erotica also exists in a number of subgenres including gay, lesbian, women's, bondage, monster and tentacle erotica.
The term erotica is derived from the feminine form of the ancient Greek adjective: ἐρωτικός (erōtikós), from ἔρως (érōs)—words used to indicate lust, and sexual love. (Full article...)
Selected article
Last Tango in Paris (Italian: Ultimo tango a Parigi; French: Le Dernier Tango à Paris) is a 1972 erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The film stars Marlon Brando, Maria Schneider and Jean-Pierre Léaud, and portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.
The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on 14 October 1972 and grossed $36 million in its U.S. theatrical release, making it the seventh highest-grossing film of 1973. The film's raw portrayal of rape and emotional turmoil led to international controversy and drew various levels of government censorship in different jurisdictions. Upon release in the United States, the MPAA gave the film an X rating. United Artists Classics released an R-rated cut in 1981. In 1997, after the film became part of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library, the film was reclassified as NC-17. (Full article...)Selected work of erotic literature
Slideshow of selected contemporary images
- Image 1American pornographic actor Ron Jeremy. One of top Porn Stars of All Time.
- Image 2Transsexual pornographic actress Erica Andrews
- Image 3Playmate of the Year and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals spokesperson Pamela Anderson, signing DVDs at the USS Halsey
- Image 5Pornographic DVDs, Japan, "Kawaii" section
- Image 6Rebeca Linares at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2009
- Image 7Pornographic actor and director Miles Long (submitted by self)
- Image 10A Fluffer hands gay porn performers Jake Starr (seated) and Erik Grant (lying) items needed for a scene in the 2008 Lucas Entertainment production Pounding the Pavement.
- Image 11Michael Lucas, Nonie, Rafael Alencar, David Shankbone, and Ernesta Alamirano in Fire Island Pines
- Image 12Valentina Nappi at the AVN Awards Show, Las Vegas, Nevada on 21 January 2017
- Image 13Lupe Fuentes
- Image 15Jessie Andrews
- Image 16Bondage pornography, showing classic "wrist to ankle" rope hogtie. Other bondage methods depicted are breast bondage, elbow bondage, head to ankle tie, knees tied, and a crotch rope. Model is also wearing a muzzle gag.
- Image 17Louise Glover
- Image 18Rocco Siffredi
- Image 19Dana DeArmond
- Image 20Example of Erotic photography
- Image 22Carmen Luvana, Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 24Dean Flynn and Chi Chi LaRue
- Image 25Daisy Marie posing with a fan at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2008
- Image 26Penthouse Pet Dani Daniels, wearing Penthouse key necklace
- Image 28Audrey Hollander - American porn star
- Image 29Lisa Ann
- Image 30Figure 12 in Zillmann, Dolf: "Effects of Prolonged Consumption of Pornography", included in the Report of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Pornography and Public Health, United States Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General, August 4, 1986
- Image 31Cindy Margolis
- Image 32Pierre Woodman filming in Australia
- Image 33Tila Tequila
- Image 35Jenna Jameson
- Image 36Hentai style of art, originally from Japan
- Image 37World map showing laws of general pornography
- Image 38The COLT Studio Group, San Francisco
- Image 39Hugh Hefner with Karissa Shannon, Dasha Astafieva, and Kristina Shannon
- Image 40Pornographic film set. Pictured from left to right: Cali Chase, Mikey Butders, and a photographer identified as "Nicole."
- Image 42Karen McDougal
- Image 43Joanna Jet - transsexual pornographic actress and director
- Image 44Michele_Merkin - Glamour photography
- Image 45Sean Michaels - pornographic actor.
- Image 47Erotic actress and public health advocate Sharon Mitchell.
- Image 48Katsuni - French pornographic actress.
- Image 49Silvia Saint, wearing a Bomis tee-shirt (a site previously run by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia).
- Image 50Raylene
- Image 51Shy Love at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo 2012
Slideshow of selected historical images
- Image 1Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 3Nineteenth century nude photograph.
- Image 4Erotic scene. Rim of an Attic red-figure kylix, c. 510 BC., ancient Greece
- Image 6Hokusai, Untitled (Plate No. 4) From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 7Two Lovers, by Reza Abbasi.
- Image 9Erotic art, 18th century India
- Image 10Traditional pederastic courtship scene on an Athenian black-figure amphora from the 5th century B.C.
- Image 11The Venus of Willendorf prehistoric sculpture
- Image 13Shunga, Japan (ca 1750)
- Image 15Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 16Nights of Horror, panel by Joe Shuster (public domain)
- Image 18Erotic art, India, 18th century
- Image 19Hokusai, Untamed Lion, From the series Picture Book Patterns of Couples (Ehon tsui no hinagata), c. 1812
- Image 20Cunnilingus portrayed at Pompeii - Source: John R. Clarke: Ars Erotica. Darmstadt: Primus 2009
- Image 21Kama Sutra illustration (19th century?)
- Image 22Illustration from La Grande Danse macabre des vifs, Martin van Maële (1905)
- Image 25Roman oil lamp portraying intercourse
- Image 31Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
- Image 32Miniature from 15th century Persian book
Did you know (auto-generated) - load new batch
- ... that the nature documentary The Green Planet, narrated by David Attenborough, has been compared to both horror films and a "plant porno"?
- ... that according to one source, The Embroidered Couch is "most likely China's earliest vernacular pornographic novel"?
- ... that Aroha Bridge changed its name from Hook Ups because fans searching for the show often found pornography instead?
- ... that Christian radio station KIXL near Austin, Texas, pulled an anti-pornography program off-air in mid-transmission because of its graphic descriptions of gay sex?
- ... that women were 33 percent more likely than men to search for clown pornography on Pornhub in 2016?
- ... that John Wayne Bobbitt Uncut was the bestselling pornographic film of 1994 and had the most rentals that year in the United States?
- ... that some viewers of an Arizona TV station saw hardcore pornography instead of the Super Bowl?
- ... that the Japanese male–male romance magazine June was originally pitched to its publisher as a "mildly pornographic magazine for women"?
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