| Description |
334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The rhetoric of the nude -- 2. The naked truth -- 3. Primitive drives -- 4. The erotic body between the wars -- 5. Surrealism's erotic politics -- 6. Erotic art in wartime and after -- 7. Eros and the 1960s -- 8. Visual pleasure and identity politics -- 9. Eroticism and the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s -- 10. Erotic fragmentation and abjection |
| Summary |
"Art? Erotica? Or Pornography? The naked body in art has been with us for millennia. Yet even today, with our supposed relaxation of the codes of behaviour surrounding nudity, erotic images are considered provocative, dangerous, and often unwelcome in the public sphere. Focusing on the last 150 years of Western art, Alyce Mahon explores the intense debates surrounding art and the erotic in authoritative and engaging way, using the latest research and analysis into this and related subject areas." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Erotic art.
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Arts and censorship -- History and criticism
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| ISBN |
0192801872 cased |
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