Themes in Art

Phallic Symbols

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” famously quoth Sigmund Freud, yet in art and even in culture more generally, any long, cylindrical protuberance is likely to be a veiled, or even entirely subconcious reference to the male genitalia. You saw Jeff Bezos’s rocket, right?

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Avanton Gold Cone, Bronze Age

Avanton Gold Cone 1000 – 900BCE

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, El Lissitzky

Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge El Lissitzky, 1920

Berlin Gold Hat, Bronze Age

Berlin Gold Hat 1000 – 800BCE

David with the Head of Goliath (1610), Caravaggio

David with the Head of Goliath (1610) Caravaggio, 1610

Feeding the Fishes, John Dunkley

Feeding the Fishes John Dunkley, 1940

Fortune Teller, Caravaggio

Fortune Teller Caravaggio, 1594

Golden Hat of Schifferstadt, Bronze Age

Golden Hat of Schifferstadt 1400 – 1300BCE

In Advance of the Broken Arm, Marcel Duchamp

In Advance of the Broken Arm Marcel Duchamp, 1915

King of Clubs, Olga Rozanova

King of Clubs Olga Rozanova, 1912 – 1915

Law Code of Hammurabi, Mesopotamia

Law Code of Hammurabi 1750BCE

Living Still Life, Salvador Dalí

Living Still Life Salvador Dalí, 1956

Menhir de Champ-Dolent, Neolithic

Menhir de Champ-Dolent 5500 – 2000BCE

Nature Morte a la Guitare, Georges Braque

Nature Morte a la Guitare Georges Braque, 1938

Princess X, Constantin Brancusi

Princess X Constantin Brancusi, 1915 – 1916

Still life with Chinese eggplant and squash, Louisa Matthíasdóttir

Still life with Chinese eggplant and squash Louisa Matthíasdóttir, 1984

The Progress of Love: Reverie, Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Progress of Love: Reverie Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1771 – 1772

Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity, Salvador Dalí

Young Virgin Auto-Sodomized by the Horns of Her Own Chastity Salvador Dalí, 1954

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