Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
by James M. Saslow
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Author: James M. SaslowEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10-01
ISBN: 0670859532
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Reviews of Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
Book Review: Very Entertaining and informative
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this primarily for the historical aspect and also as it was recommended by the artist Tee Corinne in her book `Intimacies'.
From the book description - This history of homoerotic art spans three millennia and explores traditions in Western, Middle-Eastern, and Asian cultures. In addition to celebrating glorious paintings and photographs, art professor Saslow illustrates the ways in which degrading images of gay men and lesbians have been used to infiltrate societies with negative assumptions of homosexuality. A groundbreaking work of nuanced scholarship encompassing all genres in all ages on gay themes. 145 illustrations, 32 in color.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Stone Age to Stonewall 1
Ch. 1 The Classical World: Greece and Rome 13
Ch. 2 The Middle Ages: Dogma Versus Desire 55
Ch. 3 From Renaissance to Reform: Europe and the Globe, 1400-1700 79
Ch. 4 Asia and Islam: Ancient Cultures, Modern Conflicts 125
Ch. 5 From Winckelmann to Wilde: The Birth of Modernity, 1700-1900 151
Ch. 6 Modernism, Multiplicity, and the Movement: 1900-1969 207
Ch. 7 Post-Stonewall, Post-Modern 259
Further Reading 311
Illustration Credits 319
Index 327
Summary of Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
The first complete history of gay and lesbian visual expression in all media, from the dawn of time to the present day--massive, fascinating, beautifulAs spectacular in its appearance as in its depth and range-- encompassing works of all genres in all ages on gay themes, by gay artists, or for gay patrons--Pictures and Passions supersedes more narrowly focused studies. Following an Introduction that discusses the sexual and artistic practices of prehistoric and early societies, Pictures and Passions examines the classical world's visual celebration of homoerotic love and how its status among the Greeks permeated later civilizations as an emblem of lost Arcadian ideals. The pictorial denigration and satire of the Middle Ages give way to the dawning tolerance of male beauty and affection in the Renaissance, then to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century economic and social transitions that stimulated the emergence of modern homosexual identity and cultural institutions, and finally to the flowering of modern homosexual art.
Throughout, gay and lesbian art and experience are seen in a broad context that includes non-Western cultures (with an entire chapter on Asia and Islam); traditional media such as painting, sculpture, architecture, and graphics; and modern commercial and mass media such as magazines, photography, and advertising. Pictures and Passions is a groundbreaking work of nuanced scholarship in a lucid and engaging idiom that will appeal to general readers, students, artists, and sophisticated gift givers.
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