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A beautifully illustrated guide to portrayals of love and sexuality in art

Even in the Western world, which seems completely accustomed to a widespread appearance of risqu images, an erotic painting from five hundred years ago can still manage to create a sensation. This book, the fifteenth title in the popular *Guide to Imagery* series, is a delightful romp through the portrayal of love and sexuality in art--age-old subjects depicted in all cultures. The volume surveys Western artworks illustrating more or less explicitly delicate or amorous subjects. The gamut of possibilities is vast, ranging from chaste tenderness to overwhelming frenzies of the senses, from Classical allusion to sexual fantasy.

A series of general themes is presented, with a detailed reading of the significance and symbolic content of the individual works illustrating each theme. In the paintings of the past, the reader will encounter gestures, objects, places, and situations that seem familiar and that offer the traditional setting of "love scenes" from every epoch. The volume closes with a chapter highlighting some of the most famous couples of all time.

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  • Title Love and the Erotic in Art
  • Author Stefano Zuffi
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher J. Paul Getty Museum
  • Publication date 2010-04-06
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781606060094 / 1606060090
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.8 x 5.3 x 1 in (19.81 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Love in art, Erotic art
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009035993
  • Dewey Decimal Code 704.942

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  • Foreword, 04/16/2010, Page 0

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Stefano Zuffi is the author of Gospel Figures in Art, European Art of the Fifteenth Century, and European Art of the Sixteenth Century.
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