Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procrea…
Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procrea…
From ancient Egypt through the nineteenth century, Sexual Personae explores the provocative connections between art and pagan ritual; between Emily Dickinson and the Marquis de Sade; between Lord Byron and Elvis Presley. It ultimately challenges the cultural assumptions of both …
This book presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art. Is there any overlap between art and pornograph…
En ce début de millénaire, il nous a semblé intéressant de publier cevolumineux ouvrage sur l'histoire de l'érotisme. Curieuse époque que lanôtre! Malgré une liberté toujours plus grande, les mots comme lesimages sont devenus formatés. Le politiquement correct s'est installécomm…
En ce début de millénaire, il nous a semblé intéressant de publier cevolumineux ouvrage sur l'histoire de l'érotisme. Curieuse époque que lanôtre! Malgré une liberté toujours plus grande, les mots comme lesimages sont devenus formatés. Le politiquement correct s'est installécomm…
En ce début de millénaire, il nous a semblé intéressant de publier cevolumineux ouvrage sur l'histoire de l'érotisme. Curieuse époque que lanôtre! Malgré une liberté toujours plus grande, les mots comme lesimages sont devenus formatés. Le politiquement correct s'est installécomm…
Different eras and civilizations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procrea…
Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procrea…
"Unrepentant, unapologetic, unbridled and under-appreciated, genre art from the first half of the 20th century reflected subconscious urges of a economically deprived and sexually depressed generation. This popular art set the stage for the advertised expression of today's more …
The suppression in modern times of Greek and Roman erotic art has warped our understanding of the cultures of the classical world. In this book Catherine Johns puts prejudice aside to explore the role that sexual imagery played in these societies.