Meet Sandow the Magnificent, the 'World's First Hunk'
LatestThere’s a fascinating post over at Collectors Weekly about the first “hunk,” Eugen Sandow, and the history of objectifying muscular male bodies. In 1894, when Sandow became famous, it wasn’t for actually lifting things, strongman style. It was for just posing and looking fine.
As Hunter Oatman-Stanford writes, “Not only did Sandow have one of the finest musculatures in the Western world, but he made physical beauty his primary talent: Instead of focusing on daring feats, Sandow simply posed like a gorgeous hunk of marble.” Does Joe Manganiello know about this?