Cultural history of the buttocks

The Mannerist movement was not afraid to exaggerate body proportions for an effect considered attractive; Juno in a niche, engraving by Jacopo Caraglio, probably of a drawing by Rosso Fiorentino, 1526
An example of erotic photography that emphasizes the buttocks

Cultural history of the buttocks has included various art forms as well as a sexualization of the buttocks which has occurred throughout history.[1]

  1. ^ Singleton, Alena J. (2008). "Cultural History of the Buttocks". In Pitts-Taylor, Victoria (ed.). Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body. ABC-CLIO/Greenwood. ISBN 978-0313341458.