Von tausendjährigen, als Fruchtbarkeitssymbole verehrten Statuen bis hin zu den Odalisken der modernen Maler erotische Kunst hat immer eine bedeutende Rolle in der Gesellschaft gespielt, unabhängig davon, welche Vorstellung von Kultur oder Moral gerade herrschte.
Toutes les régions et civilisations du monde ont traité de l’érotisme, chacune à leur manière, avec leurs niveaux de tolérance et leurs propres références culturelles.
À l'inverse d'un Occident pudibond, l'Asie, et tout particulièrement l'Inde, a su développer une imagerie érotique aux antipodes de toute vulgarité vide de sens.
¿Qué se deduce sobre nuestra sociedad de las miles de imágenes de ropa interior moldeando cuerpos esculturales que vemos multiplicarse en vallas publicitarias y revistas?
On the heels of his bestselling and award-winning book Out/Lines: Underground Gay Graphics From Before Stonewall, Thomas Waugh offers more historic and erotically charged drawings, depicting aspects of gay male sexuality that were once hidden from public view.
We have grown accustomed to corporate influence in retail outlets, restaurants, and even higher education-but what happens when corporations take over desire?
From Michelangelo to Rubens, Degas and Picasso, erotic art has attracted many great masters, who created works that captivate the beholder like few others.
Art and Pornography presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art.
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.
In this comprehensive guide to nude photography, successful commercial photographer, Ric Young, shows how to create top-quality fine art nude images without having a studio full of gear and a roster of eager models.
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.
Sometimes enjoying considerable favor, sometimes less, iconography has been an essential element in medieval art historical studies since the beginning of the discipline.
Als man Picasso an seinem Lebensabend einmal nach demUnterschied zwischen Kunst und Erotik fragte, antwortete ernachdenklich: „Aber - es gibt keinen Unterschied.
Istoria ne-a demonstrat că imaginile erotice, fie ele acceptate sau respinse, au scos în evidenţă idei noi ale erotismului, aşa cum se poate observa şi în reproducerile din această carte.
Posing Sex: Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art views the long and provocative tradition of representing the sexual act in Western art as an occasion for challenging assumptions about personhood.
Images of the nude human form are among the oldest art forms-from simple drawings, to grand statuary, to classic painting and contemporary photography, artists' fascination with the human body has endured throughout time and across every form of creative expression.
What do the thousands of images of bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines say about our society?
An all-new collection of both black-and-white and color erotic art photography, featuring the work of 74 leading photographers from the US, Europe, and beyond who have made a name for themselves with their female nude and erotic work, including Ren e Jacobs, Thomas Karsten, Chas Ray Krider, Steven Lyon, Natacha Merritt, Craig Morey.
