Beauty of Ancient Rome by Henry Hintermeister

The term pin-up may refer to drawings, paintings, and other illustrations as well as photographs. The term was first attested to in English in 1941. Pin-up images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or on a postcard or lithograph. Such pictures often appear on walls, desks, or calendars. Posters of pin-ups were mass-produced and became popular from the mid 20th century. A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for women and less commonly as a pin-up man for men) is a model whose mass photographs are widely popular in popular culture. Pin-ups are designed for informal display, in other words, they are designed to be "attached" to the wall. Pin-up style models can be glamorous models, mannequins, or actors. These photos are also sometimes referred to as "cheesecake photos". "Cheesecake" was an American slang word that was considered a publicly acceptable term for a semi-naked woman because pin-up was considered taboo in the early twentieth century

The vintage illustrations of Henry Gintermeister (1897–1972) will leave no one indifferent: these are works of the very genre and style that so fully capture the spirit of America in the first half of the 20th century. Together with his father, Henry created more than 1,000 illustrations, most of them situational, i.e. pictures - stories. Their work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries, and connoisseurs around the world admire the authors' skill.