Sexuality in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
Sexuality in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
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Publisher
New York; London : Thames and Hudson, 1991.
Date
1991.
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N704.942/10
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Language
English
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Physical content
288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Contents
1. The erotic and the sacred -- 2. The open secret -- 3. The new paganism -- 4. Eroticism and realism -- 5. Cruel fantasies -- 6. Love for sale -- 7. The all-devouring female -- 8. Erotic metamorphosis -- 9. Venus observed -- 10. Lust in action -- 11. Deviations -- 12. Pleasurable pains -- 13. Here...
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Publisher
New York; London : Thames and Hudson, 1991.
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Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1991.
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Summary
Sexuality in its many guises has preoccupied Western artists from Michelangelo to Picasso, Rubens to Robert Mapplethorpe. Almost every form of the subject has been portrayed, whether covert or overt, crude or highly sophisticated. Edward Lucie-Smith considers the fruits of this obsession in his incisive, invigorating text. From the conflation of th...
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Sexuality in Western art / Edward Lucie-Smith.
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Notes
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World of art.
Rev. ed. of: Eroticism in Western art. [1986], c1972.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276) and index.
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N704.942/10
Record Identifier
74Vv52rpWedM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv52rpWedM
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ISBN
0500202524 :
9780500202524 :
9780500202524
0500202524
DDC
704.9428
MMS ID
991017571949702626
