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The Story of Lingerie
The text below is the excerpt of the book The Story of Lingerie, written by Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher, published by Parkstone International. During the development of western clothing, lingerie and corsetry have had a fundamental role. It allows one to structure one’s shape, modify the figure and change following the flights of fashion. Underwear itself follows constantly changes with the latest fashion. It is designed using shapes, materials and colours which correspond to the tastes of the time: even if we can say that women’s underwear is created in the image of fashion, it is not actually that simple, and shapes, types of undergarments, and the choice of materials and colours very often…
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The Temple of Venus: The Sex Museum, Amsterdam
The text below is the excerpt of the book Sex in the Cities – Amsterdam, written by Hans-Jürgen Döpp, published by Parkstone International. Nobody thought it would make any money when the Sex Museum opened its doors in 1985. For the first few weeks, admission was actually free. Today, however, over 500,000 visitors to Amsterdam enter the museum every year. Perhaps it was a good omen when two ancient objects of an erotic nature turned up in the soil during excavation for the building of the museum. One of them was a cracked tile on which a card-playing man was depicted sporting an evident erection – maybe betraying the excitement of…
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Sex in the Cities – Berlin
Der untenstehende Text ist ein Auszug aus dem Sex in the Cities – Berlin von Hans-Jürgen Döpp, herausgegeben von Parkstone International. Auf dieser Reise durch das Museum werden wir einer Vielfalt von Sichtweisen der tausend Metamorphosen der Sexualität begegnen. Sie zeigt, dass nichts natürlicher ist als das sexuelle Verlangen und nichts weniger natürlich als die Formen, in denen es sich äußert und befriedigt. Was in den Tresoren öffentlicher Museen und in den Kabinetten privater Sammler lange Jahre verborgen blieb: Hier können Sie es sehen! „Verbotene Bilder“ – untersagt insbesondere in unserem westlichen, dem Sexuellen gegenüber wenig aufgeschlossenen Kulturkreis. Diese Bilder gewähren uns einen uneingeschränkten und um so faszinierenderen Blick auf das,…
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Sexe dans les villes – Berlin
“Il n’y a rien de plus réellement artistique que d’aimer les gens” Vincent Van Gogh Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre Sex in the cities – Berlin : écrit par HansJürgen Döpp , publié par Parkstone International. Au cours de ce voyage à travers le musée, nous rencontrerons une variété et une diversité de points de vue sur les mille métamorphoses de la sexualité. Elles nous montrent que rien n’est plus naturel que le désir sexuel, et qu’en même temps, rien n’est moins naturel que les formes, sous lesquelles ce désir s’exprime et cherche son assouvissement. Dans ce livre, vous pourrez enfin voir ce qui fut si longtemps caché dans les…
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Sex in the Cities – Berlin
The text below is the excerpt of the book Sex in the Cities – Berlin, written by Hans-Jürgen Döpp, published by Parkstone International. The many and varied points of view encountered in this museum demonstrate the multifarious aspects of sexuality. The exhibits reveal that nothing is more natural than sexual desire; and, paradoxically, nothing is less natural than the forms in which this desire expresses itself or finds satisfaction. Items long hidden in the vaults of public museums and galleries of private collectors can be seen here. Many of these images and objects were forbidden in a western society which was less open to sexuality and anything associated with it. So they…
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Shelley’s Art Scandal – THAT painting by Balthus…
Well… It’s been a while, hasn’t it… since I last wrote about scandalous art, so I thought I would make my come back with a big bang and investigate one of the most notorious and provocative paintings. We are now in an age, where we, thankfully, are becoming increasingly aware of consent, trying to stamp out acts against minors and ensuring adequate processes are in place to protect those who are not of an age to make decisions for themselves with clarity. This said, the processes are not infallible, and this doesn’t protect against cultural differences or just things that happen behind closed doors which go unreported. Obviously, in the…
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L’Homosexualité dans l’Art
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre L’Homosexualité dans l’Art: écrit par James Smalls , publié par Parkstone International. Dans les années 1880, le terme nouveau de Kertbeny, si facile à retenir, attira l’attention de Richard von Krafft-Ebing, un sexologue notoire qui l’utilisa dans son oeuvre extrêmement populaire dans les années 1886–87, Psychopathia sexualis, une imposante encyclopédie des déviances sexuelles. Ce fut grâce à celle-ci et à des oeuvres ultérieures de sexologues reconnus de la fin du siècle que le terme « homosexualité » acquit sa connotation médicale et clinique. La sexologie est l’étude du comportement sexuel humain avant la codification entamée par la psychologie moderne et la psychanalyse, née…
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Top art books for an irresistible Valentine night
Neither roses nor chocolate, the 4 books below are the best gift of love for your special friend. 1000 Erotic Works of Genius Different eras and civilisations have treated erotic images with varying acceptance and different concepts of erotica and these tendencies are reflected within the works themselves. From ancient statues devoted to fertility to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage, erotic art has always held an important place in society. Here, for the first time, 1,000 authentic images of erotic art have been brought together, spanning the centuries and civilisations to demonstrate the evolution of the genre. In an era such as ours when eroticism is abundant…
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Die Homosexualität in der Kunst
Der untenstehende Text ist ein Auszug aus dem Die Homosexualität in der Kunst von James Smalls, herausgegeben von Parkstone International. In den 1880er Jahren erweckte Kertbenys griffige neue Bezeichnung die Aufmerksamkeit von Richard von Krafft- Ebing, einem bekannten Sexualwissenschaftler, der das Wort in seinen äußerst populären Psychopathia Sexualis (1886-87), einer umfassenden Enzyklopädie sexueller Abweichungen, verwandte. Durch diese Publikation und weitere Arbeiten bekannter Sexualwissenschaftler des späten 19. Jahrhunderts erlangte der Begriff „Homosexualität“ seine medizinischen und klinischen Konnotationen. Krafft-Ebing war ein wichtiger Vertreter der Erforschung des menschlichen Sexualverhaltens vor der Kodifikation der modernen Psychologie und Psychoanalyse im Gefolge der Gedanken und Schriften Sigmund Freuds (siehe Gregory W. Bredbeck, „Sexology“, in Haggerty, 794).…
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Homosexuality in Art
“What is done in love is well done” Vincent Van Gogh The text below is the excerpt of the book Homosexuality in Art, written by James Smalls, published by Parkstone International. As a concept, “homosexuality” encompasses a variety of conflicting ideas about gender and same-sex sexual attraction. Its broad range of possible meanings is what makes it such an irresistible, powerful, and ambiguous term nowadays. In its modern sense, “homosexuality is at once a psychological condition, an erotic desire, and a sexual practice.” (David Halperin, “Homosexuality,” in Haggerty, 452) All three senses can and are expressed in artistic or aestheticized form. Homosexuality or, to employ a term of more recent…
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