The Art of Arousal: A Celebration of Erotic Art Throughout History
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The Art of Arousal: A Celebration of Erotic Art Throughout History
Revised edition
W032470 | $24.95 / 20% library disc.
Ruth Westheimer. Abbeville Press, Inc., New York. Original edition published 1993, 2022.
180 pp. Well illustrated (chiefly col.). 21 x 21 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9780789214218
This irresistible volume presents 130 of the most engagingly erotic paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings from diverse eras and cultures, coupled with revealing commentaries about their sexual and aesthetic content. In its organization, The Art of Arousal traces the course of a sensual relationship. It begins by examining the elements of eroticism, and then progresses from flirtation and seduction through kisses and other foreplay before ultimately arriving at consummation and blissful exhaustion. The irrepressible Dr. Ruth explores every element of sexuality in these provocative works of art, including the pleasures of looking, creative fantasizing, and the effects on male and female pleasure of the various positions depicted. All the art in this book has been chosen to meet two essential criteria: everyone portrayed must be having a good time, and each image must satisfy the high aesthetic standards of Dr. Ruth and an art historian friend, who writes with witty scholarship about the artistic aspects of these works. Now available in a revised edition that includes delightful new works by contemporary artists, The Art of Arousal is a stimulating gift for art lovers.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Surveys of Several Periods -- Painting ; Several Fine Arts Media (Western) --
Revised edition
W032470 | $24.95 / 20% library disc.
Ruth Westheimer. Abbeville Press, Inc., New York. Original edition published 1993, 2022.
180 pp. Well illustrated (chiefly col.). 21 x 21 cm. In English. Hardcover.
ISBN 9780789214218
This irresistible volume presents 130 of the most engagingly erotic paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings from diverse eras and cultures, coupled with revealing commentaries about their sexual and aesthetic content. In its organization, The Art of Arousal traces the course of a sensual relationship. It begins by examining the elements of eroticism, and then progresses from flirtation and seduction through kisses and other foreplay before ultimately arriving at consummation and blissful exhaustion. The irrepressible Dr. Ruth explores every element of sexuality in these provocative works of art, including the pleasures of looking, creative fantasizing, and the effects on male and female pleasure of the various positions depicted. All the art in this book has been chosen to meet two essential criteria: everyone portrayed must be having a good time, and each image must satisfy the high aesthetic standards of Dr. Ruth and an art historian friend, who writes with witty scholarship about the artistic aspects of these works. Now available in a revised edition that includes delightful new works by contemporary artists, The Art of Arousal is a stimulating gift for art lovers.
Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- Surveys of Several Periods -- Painting ; Several Fine Arts Media (Western) --
