whipmaster2
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At the very least, it might relieve that "embarrassing rectal itch."
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The Aesthetic Component
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OK. If you mean her
that's Galya, one of the girls who rode Makar’s cross. Three times.
She was the template for some of Damian's hottest manips,
and was the first Makar model for whom I had the hots. Major, unseemly, damn near adolescent crush level hots.
And no, I’m not proud of that.
Albert von Keller was a fin de siècle German artist who visited the crucifixion theme, and is best known in these parts for "In the Moonlight,"
an 1894 painting which needs no introduction. Not here anyway. He seems to have used the same model for 1892’s "The Martyr"
about which I was able to find commentary that'll strike a chord or six:
The death in agony of a beautiful woman with all its erotic undertones. The martyr on the cross is bathed in supernatural light, a golden halo framing her gently lowered head. Fascinated by the occult and spiritualistic phenomena, Albert von Keller created numerous images of sleep-walking women, revival scenes, the burning of witches and visions of the Crucifixion. The artist was a key figure in the Munich Secession. He employed Symbolist motifs and a mystical aesthetic of the supernatural and the sensuous to satisfy the decadent curiosity of the fin-de-siècle public.
Finally there’s "Crucifixion Vision"
which is arguably a portrait one of our female members, and its 1903 date is compelling evidence of the existence of at least one working time machine.
an 1894 painting which needs no introduction. Not here anyway. He seems to have used the same model for 1892’s "The Martyr"
about which I was able to find commentary that'll strike a chord or six:
The death in agony of a beautiful woman with all its erotic undertones. The martyr on the cross is bathed in supernatural light, a golden halo framing her gently lowered head. Fascinated by the occult and spiritualistic phenomena, Albert von Keller created numerous images of sleep-walking women, revival scenes, the burning of witches and visions of the Crucifixion. The artist was a key figure in the Munich Secession. He employed Symbolist motifs and a mystical aesthetic of the supernatural and the sensuous to satisfy the decadent curiosity of the fin-de-siècle public.
Finally there’s "Crucifixion Vision"
which is arguably a portrait one of our female members, and its 1903 date is compelling evidence of the existence of at least one working time machine.
One of the most important techniques of crux art is photomanipulation, and Damian is one of its masters.
A bit of crux prehistory. 20 years ago Damian took the painting "Vercingetorix Throwing Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar"
and manipped the bejeezus out of it into "Where’s the Treasure?!" in which JC tortures a beaten chieftain's naked daughters, to make him cough up the titular treasure.
Damian hewed closely to the account in Caesar’s own "De Bello Gallica," he lied.
There were other versions; in this first one both daughters wereplayed by adapted from one of Krista Kass's iconically naked forest bondage shoots.
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Damian went on to team up with Makar and begin the various incarnations of "Crucifictions"
which he is still producing, and gee am I glad.
A bit of crux prehistory. 20 years ago Damian took the painting "Vercingetorix Throwing Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar"
and manipped the bejeezus out of it into "Where’s the Treasure?!" in which JC tortures a beaten chieftain's naked daughters, to make him cough up the titular treasure.
Damian hewed closely to the account in Caesar’s own "De Bello Gallica," he lied.
There were other versions; in this first one both daughters were
.Damian went on to team up with Makar and begin the various incarnations of "Crucifictions"
which he is still producing, and gee am I glad.
"Alice in Perpetual Torment"
is the story of a young woman’s descent into slavery and torture. Although #2 and #4 remind me of another of my favorite themes, "Crucified Naked in Hell."
is the story of a young woman’s descent into slavery and torture. Although #2 and #4 remind me of another of my favorite themes, "Crucified Naked in Hell."
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Servus Venandi recently started a thread
which earlier this week featured his character "Ghost" displayed in this fashion
and I mentioned my interest. 
I also mentioned that I’d like her to lose the gag, and earlier today he obliged.
I bring Ghost up here because she’s a 3D character whose musculature comes right up to edge of unbelievability, yet does not cross it. The result in an almost insanely erotic female figure, and I am very much looking forward to what SV doesto with her. 
SV's Occasional Crucifixion Thread
Crucifixion isn't my main thing, but it is one of my oldest fascinations (single-digit childhood, as memory serves), and I do make crux scenes from time to time. In recent months this forum has reinvigorated the sub-genre for me creatively, and I find myself once again piecing together random...
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which earlier this week featured his character "Ghost" displayed in this fashion
and I mentioned my interest.
I also mentioned that I’d like her to lose the gag, and earlier today he obliged.
I bring Ghost up here because she’s a 3D character whose musculature comes right up to edge of unbelievability, yet does not cross it. The result in an almost insanely erotic female figure, and I am very much looking forward to what SV does
In 1896 American Orientalist artist Fredrick Arthur Bridgman painted "Cleopatra on the terraces of Philae," a serene day in the last Pharaoh's tumultuous life.
In 2001, Damian transformed the painting into what became his first collaboration with Makar.
The changes he made were subtle, turning Cleopatra's face from serene to cruel
to more obvious, like changing the handmaiden's posture and focus of attention, putting a whip in her hand.
Once more, Damian’s work is seamless and effective. DAMN, he’s good.
In 2001, Damian transformed the painting into what became his first collaboration with Makar.
The changes he made were subtle, turning Cleopatra's face from serene to cruel
to more obvious, like changing the handmaiden's posture and focus of attention, putting a whip in her hand.
Once more, Damian’s work is seamless and effective. DAMN, he’s good.
Servus Venandi
Magistrate
I either didn't notice this mention before, or forgot that I noticed. Thank you.
The artist who sculpted Mary Magdalene Crucified
doesn't seem to be connected to crux in any way. I nevertheless wish once more for wealth beyond dreams of avarice, so I could buy her.
doesn't seem to be connected to crux in any way. I nevertheless wish once more for wealth beyond dreams of avarice, so I could buy her.
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Crux-Emperor Baracus X
Rectidolor
i thought she survived ??
But after the canonical gospels she disappears without a trace. French legend and Dan Brown sent her to Marseille. Eastern Orthodox tradition has her accompanying St. John to Ephesus, where she got old and died. But really sick puppies such as myself like to think of her crucified butt naked soon after that crazy carpenter.
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Harsh Martinet
Consul
Harsh Martinet
Consul
The natural nests of underarm fur are very erotic, gathering the droplets of sweat and scent of their agonies.
Ah. I hadn’t thought of that detail WelshWebb included. He told me a number of times that he thought little of this drawing, just something he dashed off in a hurry.
I think it’s his most powerful work.
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I found these stills of Amy Hesketh in the film Romana Crucifixa Est and was going to post them over on the Agony Component. But besides looking great naked she danced up a storm, one of the aspects of crux that is, well, beautiful.
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Frank Petrexa
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While certainly in the "apochryphal" tradition ( but that's at least a century later and mostly later than that) she is linked "romantically" to Jesus (i.e. is about the same age) , one book I read points out that the New Testament says almost nothing about her, including her age. It said she could have been "80 years old, with a maternal instinct for unkempt young men". Luke's Acts (which you can't really trust anyway since it contradicts what Paul says about himself in Galatians) mentions "Mary the mother of Jesus" and "the women" at Pentecost, but doesn't mention her specifically. She is in all the Resurrection accounts, however, albeit sometimes in a company, sometimes alone.
Robin Lane Fox in "The Unauthorized Version" asked whether Jesus himself was older. "You are not yet 50 years old, and you have seen Abraham?" "Amen I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I am." Fox points out that nobody over 50 had seen Abraham either, so why pick that age unless Jesus looked it.
It would be interesting to learn what these people were really like. They did indeed take risks to found a movement, and they were successful, although it wasn't at all unified. There was a lot of tension--Paul keeps mentioning "false brothers", and fights with Peter over whether the converts need to follow Jewish law to be accepted. Apparently some "false brothers" stirred up a lot of trouble in Corinth against Paul. The apostles certainly got monetary assistance, but didn't get rich, so profit as in American megachurches wasn't the sole driver. They disagreed among themselves. Luke's Jesus isn't the same as Matthew's or even Mark's, and John's Jesus is altogether different. John's Jesus doesn't go to "the garden" to pray in agony--he's there because he needs to show up to get on with the script. When they "arrest" him, "they fell down before him". The apostles don't need to try to protect him with Peter's sword. Jesus carries the cross "for himself", no need for Simon of Cyrene (Mark even names his sons who "are with us", but John doesn't have a word about him). Jesus runs the whole show in John.
Obviously the early Christians wondered about these folks too, which is why there are so many stories about them and about what Jesus was like as a child. Well, I guess we'll never know unless or until we get to Paul's "third heaven". (From zekes graphics on Deviant Art)
