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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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    L’Adoration des trois rois, La Vierge dans l’art

    La présence de la Sainte Vierge Marie dans l’art

    December 24, 2021
    Minarett der Großen Moschee von Aleppo, Anfang 8. Jh

    Art de l’Islam – Splendeurs de l’Islam

    April 28, 2022
    Dessous, Spitze

    Spitze, Luxus und Dessous: Olivier Noyon spricht

    March 5, 2026
  • 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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    Ilya Repin

    Happy Birthday, Ilya Repin!

    August 5, 2025
    Le pressionnisme

    Révéler l’histoire cachée des artistes sur les toiles de graffiti

    May 29, 2025
    The Story of Lingerie

    Beyond black and white: The bold and beautiful shades of Lingerie

    March 12, 2024
  • 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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    Rodin en el Met: El Poder De Las Manos

    November 7, 2017

    梵高和日本

    October 20, 2017
    Caspar David Friedrich

    “The divine is everywhere, even in the grain of sand” – Caspar David Friedrich

    September 3, 2024
  • 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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    The art of cigar bands

    Wrapped in Elegance – The Art of the Cigar Bands

    July 29, 2025
    Isaac Levitan

    Isaac Levitan : Peindre les émotions à travers le paysage

    May 15, 2026
    Vénus endormie, Giorgione, vers 1508-1510

    L’origine du monde – La tension sexuelle

    May 5, 2023
  • 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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    Le dernier Tsar

    Le Dernier Tsar – Couronné de gloire, perdu par la révolution

    July 24, 2025

    What Boston Loves

    March 4, 2014
    Art of India, Mughal painting

    Splendor on Paper, The World of Mughal Painting

    September 16, 2025
  • 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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    Les Préraphaélites: La Fraternité Révolutionnaire: Retour au Moyen Age

    February 28, 2018
    L'art de la Guerre

    L’art de la guerre – Quand la bataille devient œuvre d’art

    June 27, 2025
    Isaac Levitan

    Sentiers, eau et ciel : l’univers symbolique de Isaac Levitan

    April 17, 2026
  • 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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    The Venetian (Beach) School

    January 25, 2014

    Exhibition: Bravo at the NPM

    October 5, 2017
    16th century icon-painting

    Echoes of Faith in 16th-Century Icon-Painting

    April 21, 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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    The Viennese Secession: Art in the time of canons

    June 26, 2017
    German painting

    German Painting: How Art captured modern Life and Light

    November 25, 2025
    Vincent Van Gogh, The Potato Eaters, 1885. Oil on canvas, 82 x 114 cm. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

    Munch and Van Gogh: The parallels drawn between two great artists

    September 7, 2015
  • 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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    16th century icon-painting

    Echoes of Faith in 16th-Century Icon-Painting

    April 21, 2026
    religious icons

    The evolution of religious icons in Súzdal, Novgorod, and the Greco-Italian school

    November 5, 2024

    Whistler & Nature

    January 21, 2019
  • 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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    Mary Cassatt: Frauen und Alltag in ihren Werken

    May 21, 2026
    Adria Gual-Queralt, La Rosée, 1897

    L’Art nouveau – Les merveilles de la joaillerie, de la bijouterie, de l’argenterie, du verre, de la mosaïque et de la céramique

    February 10, 2023
    Edvard

    Happy Birthday, Edvard Munch!

    December 12, 2023
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