Only later were other powerful people such as bishops and kings also unearthed after their deaths. In this respect, each fetishist, however enlightened he pretends to be, pays homage to relic worship.Īt first, this dismemberment only happened to saints, in accordance with the belief that in paradise the body will become whole again. Relic worship began in the Middle Ages with the adoration of the bones of martyrs and was based on the belief that the body parts of saints possessed a special power. The division of the body that we carry out here brings to mind the worship of relics. On the other hand, the body as a whole is still the sum of its parts. Each individual part can become a focus of erotic passion, an object of fetishist adoration. Musée du Louvre, Paris Love’s BodyĪs we fragment the body, we make its parts the subject of a fetish. Portrait of Carlotta Chabert (Venus playing with two doves)Īnonymous, Roman copy of a Greek original created during the 2nd century B.C.E. Manao Tupapau (Spirit of the Dead Watching) Illustration from Dante’s Divine Comedy, “The Thieves and the Serpents”, Inferno XXIV, 88-100 THE REALM OF THE MOONS OF FLESH: A JOURNEY INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUSĪrabesque Over the Right Leg, Right Hand Near the Ground, Left Arm Outstrechedįemale Nude with Long Hair Leaning Backward
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