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Paul Gauguin and the Impressionists
The text below is the excerpt from the book Paul Gauguin, written by Nathalia Brodskaya, published by Parkstone International. The only thing that set Gauguin apart from others of his circle was his unorthodox interest in art. It might have been stimulated by the atmosphere in Arosa’s house as the owner loved painting and photography and kept a splendid collection of pictures. A friend of Arosa’s, Nadar was a cartoonist and photographer and it was in his studio that the first exhibition of the Impressionists took place. Gauguin’s passion for art might also have been inherited from his relatives, as there were two artists on his mother’s side: a teacher…
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Happy Women’s day – The day is just for you
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Music & Eros
The text below is the excerpt from the book Music and Eros, written by Hans-Jürgen Döpp, published by Parkstone International. Cunning Odysseus had to protect his shipmates from the alluring song of the Sirens by plugging up their ears with wax. However, Odysseus himself did not want to forego the beauty and voices of these dangerous creatures. As a precaution, he had himself bound to the ship’s mast so as not to fall victim to the dangerous singing. How can something as simple as sound transform into a powerful love spell? How is it possible through singing alone to inspire sensuality? Why does music play such a major role in love? We…
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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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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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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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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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Chinesische Kunst
Der untenstehende Text ist ein Auszug aus dem Buch Chinesische Kunst von Stephen W. Bushell, herausgegeben von Parkstone International. Im Verlauf der letzten Jahrzehnte haben archäologische Funde und Ausgrabungen von Stadt- und Tempelruinen unser Wissen um die alten Reiche in Westasien erheblich erweitert. Doch zweifellos harren noch zahlreiche Schätze aus der Frühzeit Chinas der Entdeckung durch Forscher und Wissenschaftler, vor allem in den Landschaften entlang des Gelben Flusses und seines mächtigsten Nebenflusses, des Wei, der von Westen nach Osten durch die Provinz Shensi (oder Shaanxi) verläuft. Diese Gegend gilt als die „Wiege der chinesischen Nation“. Doch die Schätze liegen tief vergraben unter dicken Schichten von Schwemmsand und dem für diese…
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L’Art de la Chine
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre L’Art de la Chine: écrit par Stephen W. Bushell , publié par Parkstone International. Notre connaissance des vieux empires de l’Asie occidentale s’est considérablement accrue par suite de découvertes récentes, dues aux fouilles pratiquées dans les ruines des temples et des cités. Bien d’autres vestiges de la Chine ancienne attendent sans doute la pioche de l’explorateur, le long du fleuve Jaune et de son affluent principal, la rivière Wei, qui coule de l’ouest à l’est à travers la province du Chansi, où s’étaient installés les premiers établissements chinois. Mais ils gisent profondément ensevelis sous des amoncellements de limon qui, déplacés par le vent,…
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