Having a few drinks around the open campfire we and our friends have had some funny interesting conversations as well as questions! 

One that stuck out was because i dabble in the Artistic world, i was asked from one of our friends who had just did a European trip, funny enough Italy! 

As they were letting us know about it the wife laughed and stated "how they all had small penis!", which my wife laughed and said "what?, do tell!", this couple is very, very vanilla  or we always thought! 

Which she clarified that she meant there so many nude artwork and Statues and she found it so funny that they all looked like they had kids cocks! (as she put due to some Summerby's cider's). 

So i did my best to explain the reasoning why, and i believe in a far less eloquent way than i'm doing here! LoL

A Greek Terracotta figure of Priapus, ©Christie’s 2015

There are actually quite a few ancient Greek sculptures that have enormous penises. Here’s one of the Greek god Priapus, was the Greek fertility god cursed with a permanent erection, impotence, ugliness and foul-mindedness by Hera. Priapus was actually so despised by the other gods that he was thrown off Mount Olympus according to the stories told.

Greek statue of a satyr, Athens Archaeological Museum

Here’s another Greek sculpture of a satyr. Satyrs were mythological creatures that were followers of Dionysus, the god of pleasure and wine. 

All the artistic representations of large penises in ancient Greek art and literature are associated with foolish, lustful men, or the animal-like satyrs. Meanwhile, the ideal Greek man was rational, intellectual and authoritative. He may still have had a lot of sex, but this was unrelated to his penis size, and his small penis allowed him to remain coolly logical.

Greek bronze, thought to be Poseidon or Zeus, Athens Archaeological Museum.

The ancient Greek sculptures are all about balance and idealism of that time. An because of it, it makes total sense that they wouldn’t have large penises, as this would be considered laughable or just plain ugly.

The Romans might have had a more positive view towards large penises, but their sculptures continue to have the trend of small penises. Even later, in Renaissance art, sculptors were likewise specifically influenced by ancient Greek art and their small penis size.

A close-up of Michelangelo’s David ( Non Greek)

One of the most famous example of a small penis is Michelangelo’s David, a Renaissance sculpture from Florence, Italy. There’s an interesting theory for why David’s penis is so small, apart from the Greek influence. I read some where that in  2005, two Florentine doctors published a paper or thesis arguing that David’s penis was shriveled by fear. When viewing David from the front, his face actually looks frightened and concerned (supposedly), because of his impending fight with the giant Goliath which we all heard that famous historical story. These doctors argue that Michelangelo sculpted every detail in David’s body to be consistent with symptoms of fear and tension – including his genitals.

Michelangelo’s David in the Galleria dell’Accademia, Italy

So finally classical Greek sculpture has been hugely influential for so many sculptural representations of the male body in European art as well as future artist of that era would find the Greek sculptures to mimic to a degree as one should worship the masters , so this why it’s no wonder that small-penis statues have been the norm through out most of Western art history. It also does shows that our obsession with penis size has always been there, it’s just changed slightly. wonder if there a sculptured of David with a chastity cage! LOL