Eroticism in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
Eroticism in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Thames and Hudson, 1972.
Call Numbers
DH/1464
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MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Part one: contexts -- Chaper one. The erotic and the sacred -- Chapter two. The open secret -- Chapter three. The new paganism -- Chapter four. Erotiicism and realism -- Chapter five. Cruel fantasies -- Chapter six. Love for sale -- Chapter seven. The all-devouring female -- Chapter...
Publication information
Publisher
London : Thames and Hudson, 1972.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1972.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In the post-war Western world the sexual revolution has often seemed to go hand in hand with the artistic one. Yet, despite current attempts to suggest the contrary, overt eroticism is not a recent development in the visual arts. From the very dawn of art, when paleolithic man produced statuettes with exaggerated sexual characteristics, the erotice...
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Full title
Eroticism in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
The world of art library. General
Also published: New York : Praeger, 1972.
Includes index and bibliographic references. (page 276)
Mitchell Library copy at DH/1464: Part of the Donald Horne Collection, East Bank, Shelf 2.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DH/1464
Record Identifier
74VKVoGjaNmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVoGjaNmb
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ISBN
0500201218 (Pbk) :
9780500181270
0500181276
9780500201213 (Pbk) :
DDC
704.9428
MMS ID
991024168714402626
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