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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460801303321

Autore

Döpp Hans-Jürgen

Titolo

1000 erotic works of genius / / Hans-Jürgen Döpp (general introduction), Joe A. Thomas (chapter introductions) and Victoria Charles ; translation, Sofya Hundt, Nick Cowling and Marie-Noëlle Dumaz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Parkstone Press International, , [2014]

©[2014]

ISBN

1-84484-462-5

1-78310-411-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (544 p.)

Disciplina

704.9428

Soggetti

Erotic art

Erotic art - History

Sex in art

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; From Prehistory and Primitive Forms to Antiquity and the Perfection of the Body; The Middle Ages: A Return to Prudery; The Renaissance: The Golden Age of the Body 1453-1563; The Elegance of the Body 1563-1810; Realism and the Body 1810-1922; The Decades of Promise 1922-1960; The Revolution of the Body 1960-2000s; Chronology; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage, erotic art has always held an important place in society. Here, for the first time, 1,000 authentic images of erotic art have been brought together, spanning the centuries and civilisations to demonstrate the evolution of the genre. In an era such as ours when eroticism is abundant in advertising a