Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Vaclav Hollar as fur fetishist

Vaclav Hollar (1607-1677) is probably the most famous Czech visual artist. He started with graphics in Prague under Aegidius Sadeler, the Imperial engraver of Rudolf II. Hollar left Prague in 1627 (his family were protestant and Catolics just gained the upper hand in Bohemia). He became very successful etcher, travelled around whole Europe, but spent most of his life in England, where he also died, poor as a church mouse. Hollar produced over 2740 plates with different motives from portraits to landscapes, made illustrations for many books, etched maps, reproduced works of other artists...
Hollar's speciality was depicting fur. He produced an entire series of fur prints. Fur had rarely been attempted in prints before Hollar, although it was frequently the subject of portrait painters. But Hollar is said to have been the first artist to promote fur as independent subject. His fur muffs, arranged into still-life groups, have undeniably sensual and sexual implications.
All these finely detailed prints of Feminine finery are full of fetishistic fascination. You can tell the love that was put into every line and repeated selections of luxury Feminine adornments, sometimes carefully pilled together, clearly show his intense erotic interest.
For Femdom fans, however, the most interesting would be probably the memorably allegory of Winter - Woman figure with masked face and fur accessories and rather interesting inscription:

The cold, not cruelty, makes Her weare | In Winter, furrs and Wild Beastshaire | For a smother skinn at night | Embraceth Her with more delight

Why Hollar even mentions cruelty? The picture pointedly negates the text and is very clear - it depicts mythic figure of the fur-clad cruel Feminine despot, Venus in Furs, 226 years before Sacher-Masoch published his famous novel.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Femdom in Comics - Timely Comics

Timely Comics (1939-1950), predecessor of Marvel Comics, published a couple of ongoing romance/humor titles in mid forties aimed at Female readers. The output is rather uninteresting for Femdom enthusiasts, but some covers worth mentioning:

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Reader's Diary (Week 4)

My passion for my Mistress had become extremely unruly, and my whole life had assumed a kind of monastic savagery.
(Musset, 1836)

Monday, January 23, 2012

The Glittering Goddess of Timeless Beauty

Be inspired by Goddess Gina! By Her unspeakable beauty. She is THE GODDESS and you should serve HER. Everybody should...

Sunday, January 22, 2012

A Date with Goddess

The very first issue of A Date with Judy magazine had following great cover. I am sure it is everyday experience for Goddess Gina:

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Femdom in Comics - A Date with Judy

A Date with Judy was comedy radio series (1941-1950), a major picture movie with Elizabeth Taylor (1948), a television series (1951-1953) and of course, a comic book (1947-1960). Published bi-monthly by National Periodical Publications there were 79 issues. Most of the covers are pretty dull, but some of them quite openly deal with Female Domination aspects of young couple's relationship. It is meant to be funny and not sexual, but instead it perfectly describes many masochistic phantasies.



Monday, January 16, 2012

To Goddess Gina

This entry is quite shameful for me. Goddess Gina requested an english poem from me, poem celebrating Her beauty and Her personality. She also gave me a couple of words to use. Unfortunately i was able to come up with following rhymes only. Too bad it is published so close to Shakespeare's immortal sonnets. Please forgive my bad english, it is just honest and simple attempt to honor my Goddess.


    To GODDESS GINA

    my dog nature
    makes me kneel
    before Your picture
    are You real?

    it makes me howl
    how much i love
    am i just foul
    my perfect dove?

    Your endless power
    tore my heart out
    most beauty flower
    is You no doubt

    despite Your disdain
    You are my Goddess
    my life was mundane
    now it's not hopeless

    please let me pray
    almighty Gina
    one day I could say
    Salve Regina!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Artemis Orthia

Artemis, daughter of Zeus and Leto, is well known great Goddess of the ancient Greeks. She represented Female divinity with power not only to inflict evil but also to cure and alleviate the sufferings of mortals. Mistress of animals, the Huntress, Goddess of the moon. She was known for Her beauty and the unpitying wrath when offended. Accompanied by suite of sixty nymphs, seven bitches and six dogs, her chariot was drawn by six stags with golden antlers. She was spending Her time hunting and dancing. Always carrying Her golden bow, quiver and arrows, Artemis was the most independent of the Greek Goddesses.
Loved by many gods and men, only Orion, the handsomest man in the world, was allowed to follow Her, just to be killed by Her. The reasons for his death vary from accident to punishment, but there is a long list of chastisements executed upon wrongdoers by Artemis - Leimon struck down by arrow, Queen Niobe's seven daughters killed by arrows, Python slain by arrows, Tityos sentenced to eternal torture, Aktaion transformed into a stag and then teared apart by his own dogs, Alodais gigants were tricked by Her to kill each other, Bouphagos struck down by arrow, Sipriotes transformed into a Girl, Kallisto transformed into a bear, Melanippe transformed into a black mare, and so on and so forth.
The sanctuary of Artemis Orthia (Upright) in Lakedaimonia was important religious site in Sparta. Two princes (Astrabakos and Alopekos) found small wooden statue of Artemis, which only pure maidens were permitted to see. The two were immediately struck mad at the sight of it. Spartans then, while sacrificing to Artemis, fell to quarreling and fighting among themselves and many were killed directly at the altar. To propitiate the Goddess and stop killing, an oracle said, they should stain the altar with human blood. From that time on Spartan lads were scourged on the festival of Artemis Orthia, until their blood gushed forth and covered the altar. By them stood the Priestess, holding the wooden statue. However small and light, if ever the scourgers spared the lash, then at once the Priestess found the statue grow so heavy that She could hardly carry it. She blamed the scourgers and demanded that the beating be performed properly. So the statue ever since the sacrifices in the Sparta kept its fondness for lads blood.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Kinkbomb Store

Her Highness, The Goddess Princess Gina graciously opened Her first store today!!!!

I have no doubt it will quickly become the hottest studio on Kinkbomb.com!

It will probably takes some time to make the store's design perfect, but keep in mind Her Highness is doing everything herself, no IT geeks are involved.


Please make sure you do not miss the opportunity to buy Her photos! It is our duty to make Her happy!

Just one remark - do not buy 'Worship my feet, looser!' yet - for some strange reason the link is not generated properly and download is not possible. The other package works fine!

Update: the 'Worship my feet, looser!' is corrected now, buy that beautiful picture asap!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652) was the most recognized Female painter in Baroque period, the first Woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte in Florence. In the era when Female artists were limited to portrait painting and imitative poses, she was the first Woman to paint major historical and religious scenarios. Today, She is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 17th century.
Traumatic events of Her youth impacted on Her painting. We know about 57 works by Artemisia Gentileschi and 49 of them feature Women as protagonists or equal to men. Her Heroines are often powerful Women exacting revenge on male evildoers.

Artemisia's paintings cater to a niche market in sexually-charged, Female-dominant art for male patrons. Grisly paintings of Judith and Holofernes become Her signature works. She painted at least half of dozen of them. Judith cutting off the head of Holofernes was popular motif, but Artemisia's Judith - for the first time - is not passive or angelic person doing the act with the help of an intervening God, She is strong Woman performing the act with calculated determination. 

Friday, January 6, 2012

Reader's Diary (Week 1)

In all Christian ages which have been remarkable for their purity or progress, there has been absolute yielding of obedient devotion, by the lover, to his Mistress. I say obedient; - not merely enthusiastic and worshiping in imagination, but entirely subject receiving from the beloved Woman, however young, not only the encouragement, the praise, and the reward of all toil, but so far as any choice is open, or any question difficult of decision, the direction of all toil.
(Ruskin, 1865)