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30 Millennia of Erotic Art - cover

30 Millennia of Erotic Art

Victoria Charles, Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Klaus Carl H., Joe Thomas A.

Publisher: Parkstone International

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Summary

From the thousand-year-old statues celebrating fertility, to the odalisques of the modern painters, erotic art has always held a prominent place in societies, whatever their morals or cultural references. This work assembles one thousand images of erotic art, from all times and all continents, to illustrate how the representation of these pleasures of the flesh testifies to the evolution of different civilisations and their histories. While eroticism abounds today in advertising and in the media, this book offers an exceptional view into the archives of erotic imagery and emphasises the artistic value of these magnificent illustrations of sin.
Available since: 12/02/2016.
Print length: 229 pages.

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