Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> elag wrote:
> >
> > Bawdy Phallic Plate Heads for Oxford
> > Thu Sep 18, 8:55 AM ET
> >
> > LONDON (Reuters) - A leading British museum has paid $387,000 for a
> > Renaissance plate which shows a male head made up entirely of phalluses.
> >
> > see it here:
> > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20030918/od_nm/plate_dc
> >
> > The Italian plate is thought to have been made by
> > ceramicist Francesco Urbini in the 16th century.
> >
> > It shows a head made up of around 50 fleshy penises,
> > wrapped round each other to form a dense, knotted
> > whole.
> >
> > The head is framed by a garland carrying the
> > inscription: "Ogni homo me guarda come fosse una
> > testa de cazi" (Every man looks at me as if I were a
> > dickhead).
> >
> > The phrase is still a common term of abuse in Italy and
> > elsewhere.
> >
> > Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, which has bought the plate, describes it as
> > "one of the
> > most extraordinary and fascinating pieces of Italian maiolica (a style
> > of ceramic painting)
> > in existence."
> >
> > It is a rare example of bawdy Renaissance art which survived the
> > suppression of later,
> > more prudish, generations, it said.
> >
> > The Ashmolean said the inspiration for the plate remains obscure but it
> > was painted
> > "presumably with an individual in mind."
>
> Well, Oxford IS full of knob heads :O)
This story does lend itself to making puns. I'd never thought much of
it before, but it seems that the wire service writers enjoy slipping a
little word play into the titles wherever possible. The AP/Reuters
style is normally so restrictive that I guess it's a relief for the
writers to use a bit of imagination. Of course, the puns are often painful.
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