im-sensitive: mote-historie:René Lalique, Brooch dancing nymphs in a frame of bats, circa 1
im-sensitive: mote-historie: René Lalique, Brooch dancing nymphs in a frame of bats, circa 1902-1903. © Studio Paquebot - Collection Shai et Shuxiu Lin Bandmann. The bat motif, an extremely unusual and highly evocative image for the period. The bat has the highest rate of homosexuality among mammals and their sexuality was first studied in 1895 by Raymond Rollinat and Édouard Louis Trouessart (French). The image of a bat became a symbol of homosexuality. (x) :000099 -- source link