 In the 16th century an attempt to print erotic material caused a scandal when the well-known Italian artist Marcantonio Raimondi published "I Modi" in 1524, an illustrated book of 16 "postures" or sexual positions.Raimondi was subsequently imprisoned by the Pope Clement VII and all copies of the illustrations were destroyed.Raimondi based the engravings on a series of erotic paintings that Giulio Romano was doing as a commission for the Palazzo del Te in Mantua.