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====Subject: [[:Category:Explicit Sexuality|Explicit Sexuality]]====


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====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]====
 
 
 
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'''Artist:''' Pietro Aretino (1492 - 1556)


'''Artist:''' Pietro Aretino
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Roman Catholic Church authorities
 
 
 
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Catholic church authorities
 
 
 
'''Dates of Action:''' 1527
 


'''Date of Action:''' 1527, 1558


'''Location:''' Rome, Italy
'''Location:''' Rome, Italy


 
'''Description of Artwork:''' Aretino is known for his lewdness and satire.  The ''Sonetti lussuriosi'' (Lustful Sonnets) (1524) was written to accompany pornographic engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi, called "posizioni", or positions of sexual intercourse. <P>
 
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'''Description of Artwork:''' Aretino is known for his lewdness and satire.  The "Sonnetti lussuriosi" (1524) was written to accompany pornographic engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi, called "posizioni", or positions of sexual intercourse. <P>
'''The Incident:''' Pope Clement VII banned the ''Sonetti'' in 1527.  Aretino's succeeding pornographic works were also forbidden by the church. His writing was considered dangerous because of its unashamed celebration of sexuality in its many forms and Aretino's "refusal to restrict his audience to men of virtue." In 1558, ''Sonetti lussuriosi'' went on the Vatican's first index of forbidden books.<P>
 
 
 
'''The Incident:''' Pope Clement VII banned the "Sonnetti" in 1527.  Aretino's succeeding pornographic works were also forbidden by the church. His writing was considered dangerous because of its unashamed celebration of sexuality in its many forms and Aretino's "refusal to restrict his audience to men of virtue." <P>
 
 


'''Results of Incident:''' In Venice, book printers were allowed to print 50 copies of Aretino's works each year, despite the ban.  Translations circulated in Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Latin.  European writers referenced his work throughout the century. <P>
'''Results of Incident:''' In Venice, book printers were allowed to print 50 copies of Aretino's works each year, despite the ban.  Translations circulated in Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Latin.  European writers referenced his work throughout the century. <P>


'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones
'''Source:''' Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones


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Latest revision as of 16:04, 7 January 2012

Date: 1527 1558

Region: Europe

Subject: Explicit Sexuality

Medium: Literature


Aretino2.JPG

Artist: Pietro Aretino (1492 - 1556)

Confronting Bodies: Roman Catholic Church authorities

Date of Action: 1527, 1558

Location: Rome, Italy

Description of Artwork: Aretino is known for his lewdness and satire. The Sonetti lussuriosi (Lustful Sonnets) (1524) was written to accompany pornographic engravings by Marcantonio Raimondi, called "posizioni", or positions of sexual intercourse.

Aretino3.jpg

The Incident: Pope Clement VII banned the Sonetti in 1527. Aretino's succeeding pornographic works were also forbidden by the church. His writing was considered dangerous because of its unashamed celebration of sexuality in its many forms and Aretino's "refusal to restrict his audience to men of virtue." In 1558, Sonetti lussuriosi went on the Vatican's first index of forbidden books.

Results of Incident: In Venice, book printers were allowed to print 50 copies of Aretino's works each year, despite the ban. Translations circulated in Dutch, English, French, Spanish and Latin. European writers referenced his work throughout the century.

Source: Censorship, A World Encyclopedia, ed. D. Jones