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Le martyre de saint Sébastien à un moment de l’histoire de l’art, la Renaissance, est venu porter au travers du nu un trouble sur la représentation du martyr et la teinter d’un érotisme certain. C’est Fra Bartolomeo qui opéra un de ces scandales de l’histoire de l’art, dévot et suppôt de Savonarole. Paradigme de l’évolution des pensées, saint Sébastien nous offre au regard un corps lascif.

Lascivious Saint Sebastian The portrayal of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian during a key moment of the history of art, namely the Renaissance, caused the representation of the martyr’s naked body to arouse a certain sense of eroticism. Fra Bartolomeo thereby caused one of the greatest scandals in the history of art, despite his being a devout man and supporter of the reactionary Savonarola. As a paradigm of evolving ideas, his Saint Sebastian offers up his lascivious, undraped body to our gaze.