Decades before Tom of Finland sketched idealized drawings of men in lust, illustrator J.C. Leyendecker turned his appreciation for the male form into cash cows for corporations, using muscled, ...

With gender identity being very much a matter of public discussion and a centerpiece in contemporary fashion, the New-York Historical Society is preparing to unveil an exhibition devoted to ...

Elegant men of leisure, ivy league athletes and soldiers—all muscular, square-jawed, blonde and blue-eyed—populated print media over a hundred years ago. They are the creation of J.C. Leyendecker, ...