All right, where was I? Falling in love (or lust) with a statue was described back in Ancient Greece, and that's apart from the Pygmalion myth with its bringing-to-life theme. I guess the modern sex doll industry is the lineal descendant, but let's talk about art!
I'm fascinated by the distinctive development of sculpture -- almost every culture around the world has given us something unique and unmistakable. As for me, when I'm writing Roman stories, I usually consider statuary in the scene, even if it remains not described. In my 'Training Day' a mid-2nd century tepidarium gets a Venus and an Antinous. Quite reasonable, I think!
The memorable recent use of sculpture here at RavishA was in @Shocker's story with, oddly enough, the same title -- there's a Mayan stone idol that plays a much more... penetrating role in the plot.
Have you ever been directly inspired by sculptures to write a story, to create a work of art of your own? To do something else, perhaps?
