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  • George Segal, Libération Gay, 1980
    Art,  Erotic,  Français

    Grande liberté : L’évolution de l’art gay et son impact sur la société

    June 23, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Spécialiste de l’art du XIXe siècle européen, James Smalls s’intéresse particulièrement à la représentation de l’homosexualité dans l’art pictural et la photographie. En effet, cet ouvrage analyse l’acte de création et permet d’appréhender, sans aucune complaisance, l’apport de l’homosexualité dans l’évolution de la perception des émotions.

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    Henri Fantin-Latour, Homage to Delacroix, 1864

    Capturing Brilliance: 1000 Portraits of Genius Illuminate the World

    June 27, 2023

    La vie de Hokusai : L’artiste visionnaire de l’Ukiyo-e au Japon

    December 6, 2024
    Turner-self-portrait

    J.M.W. Turner

    July 9, 2018
  • Thomas Eakins, The Wrestlers, 1899, Gay art
    Art,  English,  Erotic

    Extensive Freedom: The Evolution of Gay Art and Its Impact on Society

    June 20, 2023 / 0 Comments

    Professor James Smalls's works examines the process of creation and allows one to comprehend the contribution of homosexuality to the evolution of emotional perception. In a time when all barriers have been overcome, this analysis offers a new understanding of our civilisation's masterpieces.

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    Die Kunst der Schuhe

    Von Sandalen bis zu Sneakers: Die faszinierende Geschichte der Schuhe

    November 23, 2023
    Ikonen

    Die zeitlose Schönheit der russischen Ikonen

    December 21, 2023
    Foyer des Kinos Tuschinski, 1918-1921

    1000 Meisterwerke der Dekorative Kunst: Wo Schönheit auf Handwerkskunst trifft

    July 27, 2023
  • Art,  Erotic,  Français

    Gay Art : L’évolution de la perception des émotions chez les homosexuelles

    June 10, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Ce livre n’est pas un panégyrique surl’homosexualité. C’est une étude scientifique menée par James Smalls, professeur d’histoire de l’art. Spécialiste de l’art du XIXe siècle européen, il s’intéresse particulièrement à la représentation de l’homosexualité dans l’art pictural et la photographie.

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    Fetischismus and die dessous

    Fetischismus und Damenwäsche – vom Privatclub zur Modenschau

    July 10, 2025
    John Myatt (after Vincent Van Gogh), Forgeries-Hidden in Plain Sight

    Shelley’s Art Scandal – Forgeries – Hidden in Plain Sight

    May 18, 2021

    Exhibition: Impressions of time

    September 26, 2017
  • Francis Bacon, Triptychon August, 1972
    Art,  Deutsch,  Erotic

    Gay Art: Die Entwicklung der emotionalen Wahrnehmung bei Homosexuellen

    June 9, 2022 / 0 Comments

    In einer Zeit, da Vorurteile in vielen Ländern überwunden sind, bietet diese sachkundige und unterhaltsame Analyse völlig neue Sichtweisen auf die Meisterwerke der Kunstgeschichte.

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    Arcimboldo: Velký “ABBUFFATA”: italská tradice od Arcimboldo po Marc Ferrari

    November 28, 2017
    Léon Bakst, Porträt von Alexandre Benois, 1898

    Brillanz einfangen: 1000 Porträts von Genies erhellen die Welt

    June 29, 2023

    Crossover in der Kunst – Wunderkammern der Moderne

    December 26, 2013
  • Banquet Scene from North Wall of the Tomb of the Diver, c. 480 BC
    Art,  English,  Erotic

    Gay Art: The evolution of emotional perception in homosexuality

    June 7, 2022 / 0 Comments

    This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality. It is a scientific study led by Professor James Smalls who teaches art story. In a time when all barriers have been overcome, this analysis offers a new understanding of our civilisation's masterpieces.

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    Russian museums

    From the Hermitage to the Tretyakov: Russian Museum Powerhouses

    March 10, 2026
    Frida Kahlo

    Une source de controverse liée à Frida Kahlo

    July 5, 2024
    Léonard

    Le génie multiforme de Léonard de Vinci

    August 16, 2024
  • Duncan Grant, Le Bain, 1920, L'Homosexualité dans l'Art
    Français

    Trouver la vraie beauté dans “L’Homosexualité dans l’Art”

    July 2, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Ce livre n'est pas un panégyrique sur l'homosexualité. C'est une étude scientifique menée par le Professeur James Smalls. Mettre en évidence la sensibilité particulière des homosexuels dans la créativité, telle est la démarche de l'auteur, en abandonnant les clichés classiques et l'approche sociologique.

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    Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie … Petit Bikini

    February 28, 2019
    Bikini story

    Chauffez votre été : L’histoire du bikini

    June 7, 2024
    Antonio Canal, dit (il) Canaletto, La Pointe de la douane, vers 1724-1730

    Explorez de beaux paysages avec Marco Polo dans “Le Livre des Merveilles”

    July 30, 2021
  • Jean Delville. Plato’s Academy, 1898
    English

    Finding true beauty in “Homosexuality in Art”

    June 29, 2021 / 0 Comments

    This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality. It is a scientific study led by Professor James Smalls who teaches art history in the prestigious University of Maryland, Baltimore. Abandoning all classical clichés and sociological approaches, the author highlights the sensibility particular to homosexuals.

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    German museum

    History, Art, Wow: German museums that will blow your mind

    June 17, 2025

    Judith the Man Slayer

    November 5, 2013
    Russian painting, landscapes

    Soil and Spirit: Russia reflected in Landscape art

    February 24, 2026
  • LGBT Pride month
    English

    Being yourself, Being your color

    June 25, 2021 / 0 Comments

    "Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." - Harvey Fierstein

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    Ah, Valentine’s day, the day of love… (Part 1)

    February 9, 2019
    whistler-butterfly-signature

    Shelley’s Art Musings – There is more to Whistler than his Mother…

    January 14, 2019
    Hotel Castle Dracula, Bistrita-Nasaud, Romania

    Dracula: Adventure to the mystery

    August 10, 2021
  • Homosexuality-in-art-2
    English

    Homosexuality in Art

    February 11, 2020 / 0 Comments

    “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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    Leonardo Da Vinci – The Master of Science

    May 15, 2019

    [Part 2/6] Expressionism: The Battle of Emotions

    August 3, 2017
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    Niki de Saint Phalle – Why Bill has to be killed

    February 24, 2016
  • Art,  Arte Video,  Ebook,  English

    Gender Bending Fashion

    March 27, 2019 / 0 Comments

    The way homosexual love and sensibilities are visually expressed is often a reflection of the status of homosexuals themselves within their particular cultures.

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    Claude Monet

    Claude Monet: From one painting to many visions

    November 12, 2025
    Durbar (audience) de Shah Jahan (1592-1666) à Lahore où il reçoit Aurangzeb (1618-1707)

    L’Art de l’Inde: Un Miroir de l’Incroyable Culture de l’Inde

    May 13, 2022
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    Das Bauhaus

    April 19, 2019
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