Renaissance and Enlightenment (14th-18th centuries):
The invention of the printing press made it easier to mass-produce and distribute sexually explicit materials. Books like Ovid's Metamorphoses and Aristotle's Problems were translated, edited, and illustrated with erotic images. Pornography became more accessible and widespread during this time.
Modern Era (19th-20th centuries):
As photography and film emerged as new mediums, pornography transitioned from print to visual formats. The invention of the camera enabled the production of explicit photographs, which later evolved into motion pictures. In the early 1900s, stag films became popular in the United States, while European countries like France and Germany produced their own erotic cinema.