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    This document appears to be about erotic literature and art from the 16th century. It includes descriptions of 16 different sexual positions or "postures" along with corresponding illustrations. The postures are numbered and have brief descriptions. Several Italian artists from the late 1500s/early 1600s are credited with creating illustrations to accompany the different positions, including Agostino Caracci. The document provides context on the history and interpretation of erotic art and literature from this time period. It includes references to other works on the topic for further reading.

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    I Modi and Other

    Erotic Literature of
    the 16th Century
    By Mistress Magdalena La Sanguigni
    CaerMear, Atlantia
    “An allegory on copulation”
    Engraving circa 1470-80
    From the Rosenwald Collection at the National Gallery of Art, U.S.A.

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    Posture 1

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    Posture 2

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    Posture 3

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    Posture 4

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    Posture 7

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    Posture 9

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    Posture 10

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    Posture 11

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    Posture 12

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    Posture 15

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    Posture 16

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    Epilogue

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    Agostino Caracci, circa 1580

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    Agostino Caracci, circa 1580

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    Agostino Caracci, circa 1580

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    de Waldeck

    This drawing corresponds to Posture 2

    There is no corresponding picture to Posture 3

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    de Waldeck

    This drawing corresponds to Posture 11

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    Works Cited:

    Berkowitz, Eric. Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire.
    Berkley, California; Counterpoint Press, 2012. Print.

    Lawner, Lynne. I Modi: The Sixteen Pleasures. Evanston, Illinois:


    Northwestern University Press, 1988. Print.

    Néret, Gilles. Erotica Universalis, Volume 1. Germany: Taschen, 2000.

    Tang, Isabel. Pornography: The Secret History of Civilization. London: Channel


    4 Books, 1999. Print.

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