The National Library of
Medicine’s edition of Jehan Cousin’s Livre
de Pourtraiture of 1608 had extra drapery drawn over the pudenda of the
female protagonist, a censorship technique that had its heyday in the era of
Michelangelo.
I study art history and I tend to find curious things that incite questions, reveal our corporeal unease, and generally make us think about how we consider the human body conceptually and physically. And so I present to you the strange gems I've come across.