Erotic drawings

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From Michelangelo to Rubens, Degas and Picasso, erotic art has attracted many great masters, who created works that captivate the beholder like few others. In spite of, or maybe even because of, this attraction, erotic art has never failed to evoke controversy, and regularly had to defend itself from charges of pornography. This book guides readers from early portrayals of erotic scenes produced in the 16th and 17th centuries, to contemporary highlights such as Picasso's sketchbook drawings, encompassing a large variety of styles and techniques.  Read more... Abstract: From Michelangelo to Rubens, Degas and Picasso, erotic art has attracted many great masters, who created works that captivate the beholder like few others. In spite of, or maybe even because of, this attraction, erotic art has never failed to evoke controversy, and regularly had to defend itself from charges of pornography. This book guides readers from early portrayals of erotic scenes produced in the 16th and 17th centuries, to contemporary highlights such as Picasso's sketchbook drawings, encompassing a large variety of styles and techniques Content: Foreword Contents The ArtistsMichelangelo (1475-1564) Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) François Boucher (1703-1770) Johann Heinrich Füssli (1741-1825) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres(1780-1867) Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) Felicien Rops (1833-1898) Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Edvard Munch (1863-1944) Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Jules Pascin (1885-1930) Egon Schiele (1890-1918) André Masson (1896-1987) Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985). Hans Bellmer (1902-1975)Lucian Freud (1922- ) David Hockney (1937- ) Index.