Erotica : The Fine Art of Sex

by LUCIE-SMITH EDWARD

• ISBN13: 9781592580330
• ISBN10: 1592580335
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-09-06
• Publisher: Hylas Publishing

Summary

Edward Lucie-Smith is probably the best-known author in his field internationally respected for the breadth of his sympathies, for the clarity and directness of his writing on art, and for his ability to make complex contemporary developments accessible to a wide audience. He brings all of his talents to bear in this book, which is a wonderful compendium of erotic art and literature, selected by, and commented on by the world's leading authority on the subject.

Edward Lucie-Smith is probably the best-known author in his field internationally respected for the breadth of his sympathies, for the clarity and directness of his writing on art, and for his ability to make complex contemporary developments accessible to a wide audience. He brings all of his talents to bear in this book, which is a wonderful compendium of erotic art and literature, selected by, and commented on by the world's leading authority on the subject.

Author Biography

Edward Lucie-Smith has published more than a hundred books in all, more than sixty books about art, chiefly but not exclusively about contemporary work. He is generally regarded as both the most prolific and the most widely published writer on art in the world, with sales for some titles totaling over 250,000 copies. A number of his art books, among them Movements in Art Since 1945, Visual Arts of the 20th Century, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Art Today are used as standard texts throughout the world. Other well-known texts include Sexuality in Western Art.

Table of Contents

Sex in the Head	p. 6
Naked as Adam	p. 22
Naked as Eve	p. 40
Loves of the Gods	p. 62
Down to Earth	p. 80
Lookimg on	p. 104
Boys will be Boys	p. 120
Women In Love	p. 136
En plein Air	p. 150
Solitary Pleasures	p. 172
Coming Together	p. 186
All Change	p. 198
Love Hurts	p. 210
Index of Artists	p. 222
Acknowledgements	p. 224
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