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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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    Joyeux anniversaire, Raphaël!

    April 7, 2023
    Diego Velázquez, Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, c. 1618

    The Enigmatic Genius of Johannes Vermeer: Unlocking the Secrets of a Master Painter

    February 28, 2023
    Historisch Seekarten

    Seekarten im Wandel der Zeit: Navigation auf den großen Reisen der Geschichte

    December 26, 2024
  • 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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    The Virgin Mary in Art

    The Virgin Mary in Renaissance Art: Faith, Grace, and Symbolism

    April 28, 2026

    埃及的超现实主义

    November 1, 2017
    Les arts de l'afrique

    Comprendre les religions et l’esprit dans les arts de l’Afrique noire

    January 16, 2026
  • 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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    El Capricho, Haupteingang

    Sagrada Gaudi! Die Struktur zur Kunst machen

    May 26, 2022
    Fleurs

    La Magie des Fleurs

    July 1, 2022

    Rodin en el Met: El Poder De Las Manos

    November 7, 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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    Lionel Noël Royer, Vercingétorix jette ses armes aux pieds de Jules César, 1899

    L’art de La Guerre –  Les batailles les plus célèbres, de Gettysburg à Kyiv en Ukraine

    June 17, 2022

    Facebook: the art censor

    June 8, 2015
    Die Schule von Athen, 1508-1511

    Raffael – Der geniale Maler und Architekt der Hochrenaissance

    December 8, 2022
  • 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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    500 Jahre europäische Kunst

    March 4, 2014
    graffiti-kunst

    Vom Vandalismus zur Verehrung – Amerikanische Graffiti-Kunst erobert die Galerieszene

    June 11, 2026
    Francisco Goya

    Die eindringliche Welt der schwarzen Gemälde von Francisco Goya

    April 2, 2026
  • 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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    La Cène, Jeux olympiques 2024

    « La Cène » aux Jeux Olympiques de Paris 2024 : parodie ou coïncidence ?

    August 2, 2024
    Portrait d’isabel Styler-Tas, 1945

    Salvador Dalí – L’énigme sans fin

    September 2, 2022
    Egon Schiele

    L’univers provocateur d’Egon Schiele : émotion, érotisme et expression

    February 7, 2025
  • 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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    Nicolas Poussin, The Holy Family in a Landscape, c. mid-17th century

    The Virgin: Masterpieces of Spiritual Beauty, Devotion and Grace

    May 30, 2023

    Filth for Filth’s Sake

    March 18, 2014
    The Pop Art Tradition

    The Pop Art Tradition: Where Art, Advertising, and Society Collide

    September 26, 2023
  • 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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    Trick or treat, bag of sweets, Halloween is coming

    October 25, 2022
    William Turner 250th birthday

    Happy 250th Birthday of Joseph Mallord William Turner!

    April 22, 2025

    Shelley’s Art Musings: Anti Racism or Human Stupidity?

    February 6, 2018
  • 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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    Portrait Paintings and Studio Drawings

    October 1, 2018
    Brig “Mercury” after a Victory over Two Turkish Ships, 1848

    Ivan Aivazovsky and the Russian Painters of Water

    March 2, 2023

    [2/3] Paul Gauguin: Goodbye Mette!

    June 14, 2017
  • 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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    Dans l’univers sombre et magnifique de Mikhaïl Vroubel

    March 19, 2026
    Vlad Dracula

    La légende impérissable : Révéler les sombres secrets de Vlad Dracula

    October 20, 2023
    Islam

    Arts décoratifs islamiques : L’orfèvrerie, les cristaux de roche et la mosaïque

    July 10, 2026
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