Back in the day when Paris was still without its famed Eiffel tower, what an abundance of frills and baubles there was! Flippant girls whooped it up in a cancan line, skirts flying aloft, thighs flashing, all asparkle with champagne bubbles. Frivolous affectations, coy smiles and sunny dispositions reigned supreme, making up the eroticism of the day. However, with the arrival of what is now known as Art Nouveau (or Jugendstil, Sezessionstil, Modernisme in other lands), things did an abrupt about-face. Flippancy gave way to mystery, the buoyant danseuse was upstaged by the sleek enchantress, whose elongated silhouette radiated a fairy charm tinged with an out-of-this-world arrogance. No more giggles and mincing manners-the Art Nouveau lady looked like she had just stepped out of a romantic legend, complete with coils of serpentine vegetation and a riot of fantastic blooms. Ah, what a flattering image! The long tall backbone of that entire cultural movement (with a Parisian tower to match), which remains one of the most exquisitely stylized artistic phenomena in history.Vintage porn.



