A young man returns home to his family's estate after a long mission at sea. Imagine his shock (well, more amazed stroke of luck) to find three young women enjoying an impromptu sleep-over, exchanging sexy stories of recent erotic adventures. Hey, it could happen! At least in the world Norberto Serrano creates in this richly detailed and beautifully illustrated tale of torrid love and unbridled passion! This is a superheated collection of carnal pleasures, in very graphic form.

"Girls, Gags & Giggles," ran publisher Robert Harrison's recipe for dishing up pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starlets dressed in outfits so fetishistic no one noticed they were never nude. While other magazines delivered the girl next door, Harrison's publications banked on bad girls in satin and leather, fishnet stockings, and six-inch heels performing slapstick stunts straight from the burlesque stage. Harrison lured his readers in with vibrantly painted covers by top pin-up artists Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss and, most famously, Peter Driben. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition celebrates this eye-catching candy with every single cover from Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt, and Whisper, from 1942 to 1955, as well as interior spreads, featuring, among others, a budding Bettie Page. In an age when far more graphic material is the norm, 1000 Pin-Up Girls celebrates an era of pin-up and pulp style to fuel your erotic imagination. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

Art and Pornography 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 pornography, or are the two mutually exclusive? If they are, why is that? If they are not, how might we characterize pornographic art or artistic pornography, and how might pornographic art be distinguished, if at all, from erotic art? Can there be aesthetic experience of pornography? What are some of the psychological, social, and political consequences of the creation and appreciation of erotic art or artistic pornography? Leading scholars from around the world address these questions, and more, and bring together different aesthetic perspectives and approaches to this widely consumed, increasingly visible, yet aesthetically underexplored cultural domain. The book, the first of its kind in philosophical aesthetics, will contribute to a more accurate and subtle understanding of the many representations that incorporate explicit sexual imagery and themes, in both high art and demotic culture, in Western and non-Western contexts. It is sure to stir debate, and healthy controversy.

A painter of prodigious talent and sly wit, Aly Fell has managed to make the tricky crossover from commercial work in television and gaming into the world of fantasy illustration. From his base in the UK, Aly has gained both notoriety and a growing fan base via his paperback covers and web-comic work. Now assembled for the first time are his favourite pieces reflecting his favourite subject -- the female form.

This artbook is the latest collection of images, ideas, sketches and photo-realistic works from the mind and easel of Daniel Kiessler. Pairing his masterful abilities to render amazingly detailed and delectable portraits of girls both pretty and "misbehaved" with the colouring genius of Jose Cano, the resulting gallery is nothing short of stunning! Both artists bring their specialties to the mix, and these ladies are showcased in their very best light!

Illustrator Ronnie Werner takes his cue from the classic pin-up style of the 40's and 50's, but through a very modern lens! Updating the look and feel of the girls who made Dad and Grandad go all "hubba-hubba" with a distinctive new flavour born of today's sensibilities. In other words -- HOT! Able to create illustrations both realistic and cartoonish, Ronnie blends cool and cute into some of the most delightful young ladies we've had the good fortune to ogle! Here's a man well on his way to having to stare at beautiful models the rest of his life (and get paid for it!). We think you will enjoy this first-ever overview of Mr Werner's talents!

With every drawing, Pelaez is making more manic collectors of his meticulous and sensual portraits. Whether the subject matter is vampires, demons, warrior queens, mermaids, or jungle girls, Pelaez brings his unique style and eye for detail and creates pure magic! This new showcase of his works has been long overdue, and will help bring everyone up to speed on this intensely talented young man.

Blood-soaked bodies as far as the eye can see. Groans murmur from the not-quite-dead. The fog of war finally lifts, and a lone female form emerges from the shadow. Nice work, cutie! Here's an all-new collection of girls who love to get their kill-crazy on! Big, beefy barbarian boys have nothing on these lethal ladies! This title features Berserker babe artwork by Arantza, Bobillo, Ponce, Buci, Meriggi, Maraschi, Pelaez, and many others.

Newly revised and expanded, this second edition of Timon Screech's definitive "Sex and the Floating World" offers a real assessment of the genre of Japanese paintings and prints today known as shunga. Changes in Japanese law in the 1990s enabled erotic images to be published without fear of prosecution, and many shunga picture-books have since appeared. There has, however, been very little attempt to situate the imagery within the contexts of sexuality, gender or power. Questions of aesthetics, and of whether shunga deserve a place in the official history of Japanese art, have dominated, and the question of the use of these images has been avoided. Timon Screech seeks to re-establish shunga in a proper historical frame of culture and creativity. Shunga prints are not like any other form of picture for the simple fact that they are overtly about sex. And once we begin to examine them first and foremost as sexual apparatus, then we must be prepared for some surprises. The author opens up for us the strange world of sexual fantasy in the Edo culture of eighteenth-century Japan, and investigates the tensions in class and gender of those that made and made use of shunga.

David Vance is first an artist, a person who expresses himself through a medium - and David Vance's medium is the camera. In "Emotion - Photographs by David Vance" the critically acclaimed photographer shares his particular vision of emotions with us. "As a beauty addict, I am compelled photographing beautiful subjects. When I see something that is beautiful, I want to show it to the world the way I have experienced it," says Vance. Influenced by the great movie star portraits of George Hurrell and the great fashion photographers of the 1950s, Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, Vance creates an image world of its own: beautiful, sensual, and emotional.

Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, com- bining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in history. Mapplethorpe's artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and 80s and, following his death in 1989 from AIDS, informed the political landscape of the 1990s. His photographic works continue to resonate with audiences all over the world. Throughout his career, Mapplethorpe preserved studio files and art from every period and vein of his production, including student work, jewelry, sculptures, and commercial assignments. The resulting archive is fascinating and astonishing. With over four hundred illustrations, this volume surveys a virtually unknown resource that sheds new light on the artist's motivations, connections, business acumen, and tal- ent as a curator and collector.