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Prostitutes in the fruitbowl

19 June 2019 by Chelsea Nichols

Explores the use of medlar fruits as symbols for prostitution in 17th century Dutch still life painting

Categories: Curiosities, Historical Art • Tags: art history, food, fruit, Historical Art, prostitute, symbolism

EJ Bellocq and the Storyville prostitutes

12 November 2011 by Chelsea Nichols

Categories: history • Tags: art, erotic, history, photography, prostitute, unsettling

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For those with a taste for the peculiar, The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things is an imaginary museum that explores the strange place between art and curiosities.

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