For this Relief, Much Thanks! - Peeing in Art

For this Relief, Much Thanks! - Peeing in ArtEven though peeing is something we all do several times a day, it is still a taboo subject. From an early age, we are taught to master our urinary urges and to use decent words for this most necessary physiological activity. This paradox has not gone unnoticed by artists through the ages. For this Relief, Much Thanks! Peeing in Art is a journey through time and space, stopping along the way to look at many different art forms. The reader viewer will

you can find a man quietly peeing in a corner or a putto who is irrigating some grassy field

Considerable attention is devoted to sex in the Middle Ages: women in love

The future may unveil more fascinating applications of this precious liquid white gold

ethical practices in the paediatric urological practices in the Ottoman Empire

Urine has been used from the pre-historic to the present time for variety of medical

Designed in the Netherlands and made in Europe

he has also developed an interest in the history of urology and cultural anthropology

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The 11th volume of De Historia Urologiae Europaeae discusses the far-reaching influence of such outstanding scientists as W

The Liquid White Gold is a book which offers an all-embracing overview on the subject of urine – the substance from which Urology takes its name

In ancient Rome

It also looks into the contribution of female practitioners to the development of European urology