How to Read Erotic Art
How to Read Erotic Art

Author: Flavio Febbraro

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781419701139

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"How to Read Erotic Art explores the history of erotic art and presents paintings, drawings, etchings, sculptures, and more by Titian, Picasso, and Andy Warhol, by Bernini, Rodin, and Bruce Nauman, and from ancient Greece and Rome, China, Japan, India, and the Middle East. Reproduced in lush color with close-up details, the art is accompanied by texts that offer insights into how to read the different works"--P. [4] of cover.

Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art

Author: Francesca Leoni

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781409464389

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Dedicated to the topic of eroticism and sexuality in the visual production of the medieval and early modern Muslim world, this volume offers new insights and methodological models that extend our understanding of erotic and sexual subjects in the Islamic tradition. The essays shed light on the diverse socio-cultural milieus of erotic images, on the motivations underlying their production, and on the responses generated by their circulation.

The Book of Exposition
The Book of Exposition

Author: Jalal Addin Al-Siyuti

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781850779018

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Kitab al-izah fi'ilm al-nikah b-it-tamam w-al-kamal: literally translated from the Arabic, with translator's foreword, numerous important notes illustrating the text, and several interesting appendices / by an English bohemian. The writing of this treatise is credit to Jalal Addin Al-Siyuti and the book was translated from the Arabic at the beginning of the century by an English Bohemian. It was originally published in France as a limited edition of only 300 copies. An imaginative translation has been accomplished in a fascinating style, attempting to mimic Arabic rhythmic prose.

Magnetic Woman
Magnetic Woman

Author: Karla Huebner

Publisher: Russian and East European Stud

Published: 2021-02-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780822946472

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Part art book and part biography, Magnetic Woman examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902-80), a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, and focuses on her construction of gender and eroticism. Toyen's early life in Prague enabled her to become a force in three avant-garde groups--Devětsil, Prague surrealism, and Paris surrealism--yet, unusually for a female artist of her generation, Toyen presented both her gender and sexuality as ambiguous and often emphasized erotic themes in her work. Despite her importance and ground-breaking work, Toyen has been notoriously difficult to study. Using primary sources gathered from disparate disciplines and studies of the artist's own work, Magnetic Woman is organized both chronologically and thematically, moving through Toyen's career with attention to specific historical circumstances and intellectual developments approximately as they entered her life. Karla Huebner offers a re-evaluation of surrealism, the Central European contribution to modernism, and the role of female artists in the avant-garde, along with a complex and nuanced view of women's roles in and treatment by the surrealist movement.

Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Roger Scruton

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2011-03-24

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199229759

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In a book that is itself beautifully written, renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores this timeless concept, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful.--From publisher description.

The Art of the Erotic
The Art of the Erotic

Author: Phaidon Editors

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2017-10-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714874241

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Carefully curated and beautifully packaged erotic art through the ages – 200 works from the world's most important artists. This carefully curated and beautifully packaged book spotlights nearly 200 works from the world's most important artists, including Titian, Paul Cézanne, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Lucian Freud, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Cecily Brown, Anselm Kiefer, George Condo, and Anish Kapoor. With its chronological organization, The Art of the Erotic provides insights into human sexuality throughout the ages.