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calendar art

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noun

  1. a type of sentimental, picturesque, or sexually titillating picture used on some calendars.


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Classical myth, religious set-pieces and "calendar art" are equally repudiated: "… no impudent kitten, its paw/pawing its mother".

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2013

September Morn went on to become a staple of calendar art, was reproduced on candy boxes, postcards, cigars and suspenders.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Good Old Days is a first try at calendar art by a Hollywood scene painter named Paul Detlefsen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The story of Jesus unfolds, midrash, myths, Gospel and all, in a series of stately tableaux, each as literal and conventional as religious calendar art.

From Time Magazine Archive