Love and the Erotic in Art

Love and the Erotic in Art
Author: Stefano Zuffi
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1606060090

This volume is a romp through the portrayal of love and sexuality in art. The book surveys Western artworks illustrating more or less explicitly delicate or amorous subjects.

How to Read Erotic Art

How to Read Erotic Art
Author: Flavio Febbraro
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781419701139

"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.

Beauty: A Very Short Introduction

Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2011-03-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0199229759

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.

Eroticism and Art

Eroticism and Art
Author: Alyce Mahon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780192807335

Art? Erotica? Or Pornography? Discussions of what actually constitutes erotic art are incredibly complex and usually highly controversial. The naked body in art has been with us since the earliest examples of Greek art and sculpture. The creation and display of such works of art has always inflamed opinion and today, even withour supposed relaxation of the codes of behaviour surrounding nudity, such images are considered provocative, dangerous, and are often unwelcome in the public sphere.Now - focusing on the last 150 years of western art, these debates are finally explored in an imaginative and engaging way using the latest research and analysis into this and related subject areas - by a woman.