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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art
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The Pocket Universal Principles of Art

by John A Parks
December 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
208 pages
3h 39m
English
Rockport Publishers
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031 Erotic Art

An image can be sexually interesting in its own right.

• In post–Roman Western art, there is a history of unease with erotic imagery, attributable to the way in which Christianity sought to control and contain sexual behavior.

• During the Renaissance, sexually explicit images were generally displayed in private. Eroticism was acceptable in publicly displayed imagery relating to the classical past.

• Limiting erotic imagery to classical subjects continued until the nineteenth century and then dissolved. In Paris in 1863, Édouard Manet (1832–1883) painted Le dejéuner sur i’herbe, deliberately removing a classical nude from its “safe” setting by surrounding her with men in modern dress. Later, in Vienna, Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) ...

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ISBN: 9781631595431