I Modi

The text I Modi was an erotic album of the Italian Renaissance created by the designer Giulio Romano, the engraver Marcantonio Raimondi and the poet Pietro Aretino. I Modi ("The Sixteen Pleasures") contains images of 16 sexual positions created by Romano and Raimondi with a text written by Aretino. Although all original copies have been lost, with the exception of a few fragments in the British Museum, two copies of posture 1, and a woodcut copy from the sixteenth century, the set was republished during the 19th century by Jean Frederic Waldeck.

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Renaissance: The Renaissance, also known as "Il Rinascimento" (in Italian), was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. It marks the transitional period between the end of the Middle Ages and the s...

Giulio Romano: Giulio Romano (ca 1499? – November 1, 1546) was an Italian painter, architect, painter and decorator, the favorite pupil of Raphael, whose legacy Giulio Romano extended, and at the same time one of the inventors of 16th century Mannerism. Giulio's drawings have always been treasured by collect...

Marcantonio Raimondi: Marcantonio Raimondi (c.1480 - c.1534) was an Italian engraver....