Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Unicorns in Art, Part One

Posted by on Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:53 AM

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3. Albrecht Dürer, The Abduction of Persephone, 1516
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In so much as unicorns were associated with chastity, their long, powerful horns often drew other, obvious connotations. Unicorns were total sluts and here’s a naked woman riding one. Ok, that’s not exactly what’s happening here, but you get the picture.

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