Errogenous Zones in Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Term Paper

Errogenous Zones in Middle Ages, Renaissance, And Baroque

Art has always been used to showcase the desired and desirable in nature and in imagination. The definition of the erogenous zone is any body part that causes sexual desire or stimulation to increase. These zones can be located at various parts of the body and their sensitivity will be less or more depending on the individual. It has been argued that even before doctors made studies of these zones on the human body, the artists were already utilizing them in art to add a symbolic message of sexual desire and stimulation.

Besides the male and female genitalia, the most commonly known erogenous zones are the mouth and neck, chest and abdomen. Next to that are the fingers. Some find the feet and particularly the toes equally stimulating.

In the Middle Ages and entering into the early Renaissance, appreciation for the human arm started appearing in works of art. This includes the armpit which became a symbol of sexual activity. This is partly because that the equivalent of pheromones in animals would be secreted from the glands in the armpits. More hypothesized is that the armpit is perhaps one of the most vulnerable points on the human body. Since it is usually protected by the placement of the arms, the armpit is relatively little exposed to elements or to touch. Therefore, any physical attention this part of the body does get is not yet numbed by constant…