A puer mingēns (Latin: [ˈpʊ.ɛr ˈmɪŋ.ɡeːns]; pl.: puerī mingentēs [ˈpʊ.ɛr.iː mɪŋ.ˈɡɛn.teːs]) is a figure in a work of art depicted as a prepubescent boy...
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County Puer (geomancy), a geomantic figure Puer aeternus, Latin for 'eternal boy' Puer mingens, Latin for an artistic depiction of a boy urinating Puer oblatus...
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A puer mingens is a figure in a work of art depicted as a prepubescent boy in the act of urinating, either actual or simulated. The puer mingens could...
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bronze fountain sculpture in central Brussels, Belgium, depicting a puer mingens; a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. Though its existence...
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animals, velificatio, Death and the Maiden, Three hares, Sheela na gig, puer mingens. In the Nativity of Jesus in art, the detail of showing Saint Joseph...
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on Rue de Vaugirard no. 60, Paris, France, unknown architect, c.1930 Puer Mingens – Artistic depictions of boys urinating Four Kumāras – A group of semi-divine...
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subject. Lorenzo Lotto's epithalamic painting notably portrayed Cupid as a puer mingens urinating on Venus, a gesture that symbolized fertility in Renaissance...
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P.; Boyington, Amy (2019). "The problems of meaning and use of the puer mingens motif in fountain design 1400–1700". Studies in the History of Gardens...
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Poliphili Page of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Magna Porta Fountain of a puer mingens Liane Lefaivre and other scholars regard the 16th century Gardens of...
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prepubescent boy in the act of urinating is a classical art motif known as a puer mingens, which was revived during the Renaissance. The painting is Lotto's typically...
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wrote Vasari, "is so beautiful to appear alive". A little behind a puer mingens raises up his tunic, "pees in a river and reflects himself in water"...
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