Getting Medieval

I wouldn’t have expected to find femdom content in an exhibition of medieval art, but I’d have been wrong. The NY Met is running an exhibition called Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages which has a few pieces that seem blog worthy. One is a bronze water pitcher depicting the story of Phyllis and Aristotle (as covered here previously). Another is the bronze ‘spanky’ plate show below. Titled ‘Plate with Wife Beating Husband‘ it dates to the Netherlands circa 1480.

If you’re interested in more background the NYT has an article on it (gift link). It runs at the Met Cloister till 29th of March.

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