As you can see history has been pretty brutal in Renaissance too, compared to the dark Middle Ages. Let’s see where all these guys in tight pants, armor costumes with charming periwigs ended up…
Illustration: Johannes Georg Paschen, 1659, thehaca.com
You don’t have to be a history geek to watch this interesting web documentary on Renaissance Martial Arts… No, no… don’t expect some ancient super hero in tight clothes…
Illustration: Hans Wurm, cca 1500, taken from thehaca.com
And 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… once more… 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… Here are some lovely (and some scary) photographs of vintage exercises, machines and accessories… ladiez and gentlemenz practicin’ and pumpin’ their muscles at the beginning of 20th Century…
I just realized that I never introduced male dancers in the ‘vintage category’… Therefore, I made a small selection of male dancers who were active between approximately 1900 to 1925. Back then, they made decadent ladies in the audience pretty upset and flushed in their faces…
Illustration: Johannes Georg Paschen, 1659, thehaca.com
Illustration: Hans Wurm, cca 1500, taken from thehaca.com
Photo: actress doing arm exercises, date unknown
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