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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Erotic art
Dedicated to the topics of eroticism and sexuality in the visual
production of the medieval and early modern Muslim world, this
volume sheds light on the diverse socio-cultural milieus of erotic
images, on the range of motivations that determined their
production, and on the responses generated by their circulation.
The articles revise what has been accepted as a truism in existing
literature-that erotic motifs in the Islamic visual arts should be
read metaphorically-offering, as an alternative, rigorous
contextual and cultural analyses. Among the subjects discussed are
male and female figures as sexualized objects; the spiritual
dimensions of eroticism; licit versus illicit sexual practices; and
the exotic and erotic 'others' as a source of sensual delight. As
the first systematic study on these themes in the field of Islamic
art history, this volume fills a considerable gap and contributes
to the lively debates on the nature and function of erotic and
sexual images that have featured prominently in broader
art-historical discussions in recent decades.
Sex in Art: Pornography and Pleasure In the History of Art
A comprehensive and detailed survey of erotic art from ancient
times to the modern era. All the major erotic artists of the
Western tradition are analyzed (Egon Schiele, Hans Bellmer, Thomas
Rowlandson, Pablo Picasso, Titian, Jean Baptiste Dominique Ingres,
Felicien Rops, Leonardo da Vinci, Edgar Degas, Eric Gill). Other
chapters include erotica in ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt,
Oriental erotic art (Taoist and Tantric art from China, Japan and
India), gender and eroticism in Renaissance art, and the sensuality
of sculpture. A discussion of the complex relationship between art
and pornography provides the central critical axis for this
challenging book.
There are individual sections on many of the key erotic artists,
such as Michelangelo Buonaroti, Leonardo da VInci, Eric Gill,
Gustave Moreau, the Surrealists, Egon Schiele, and Gustav
Klimt.
This new edition contains many new illustrations (some of which
are rare), an updated text, a new introduction and
bibliography.
This unique book presents works that until now have only rarely
been seen, even in private collections. Paintings, drawings and
sculptures by well known outsider artists and new discoveries, all
of which express deeply personal interpretations of sexual desire
and activity. With texts by the world's leading academic experts in
this field, Raw Erotica presents an essential element in the rich
and varied world of outsider and self-taught art. With texts and
contributions from: * Colin Rhodes, Univ of Sydney, author of
Outsider Art: Spontanious Alternatives * Roger Cardinal, author of
the original book Outsider Art * Jenifer Borum, New York based
authority on self-taught art * Michale Bonesteel, Chicago based
writer and author of Henry Darger * Thomas Roske, Curator, The
Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg * Laurent Danchin, Paris author
and French authority on Art Brut * Francois Monin, editor of
Artension magazine, France.
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