While the question of “who invented porn?” remains complex, the answer is not found in a single individual or culture. Published pornography was invented in 1524 in rome, when marcantonio raimondi published 16 sexually explicit engravings by guilio romano, collectively titled i modi Because the very definition of pornography is subjective, a history of pornography is nearly impossible to conceive Imagery that might be considered erotic or even religious in one society may be condemned as pornographic in another. In the ancient world, pornographic art and artifacts can be traced back to early mesopotamian, egyptian, and greek civilizations The earliest examples of erotic art discovered include engravings on slabs of stone and terracotta figurines discovered in the ruins of ancient babylon.
Although pornography is a greek word literally meaning “writers about prostitutes,” it is only found once in surviving ancient greek writing, where arthenaeus comments on an artist that painted portraits of whores or courtesans. Pornography became more clandestine, with the production and distribution of explicit photographs, lithographs, and literature occurring in secret Works like the kama sutra were translated and circulated, and underground markets for erotic material thrived.
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