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Sexuality in Western Art (World of Art)

Edward Lucie-Smith

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Description: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 the sacred and the erotic in Paleolithic art, to the ethereal sensuality of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus," to imagery of cruelty and amorous suffering in nineteenth-century Symbolist art, Edward Lucie-Smith explores both the cultural context and the pictorial language of sexuality in Western art. 274 illus., 29 in color.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sexuality in Western Art (World of Art). To get started finding Sexuality in Western Art (World of Art), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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 the sacred and the erotic in Paleolithic art, to the ethereal sensuality of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus," to imagery of cruelty and amorous suffering in nineteenth-century Symbolist art, Edward Lucie-Smith explores both the cultural context and the pictorial language of sexuality in Western art. 274 illus., 29 in color.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sexuality in Western Art (World of Art). To get started finding Sexuality in Western Art (World of Art), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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