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Item Details
Title:
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SEXUALITY IN WESTERN ART
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By: |
Edward Lucie-Smith |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
0500202524 |
ISBN 13: |
9780500202524 |
Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 1991 |
Edition: |
2nd Revised edition |
Series: |
World of Art S. |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols. |
Synopsis: |
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 |
Illustrations: |
274 illustrations, 29 in colour |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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