Erotica Universalis
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition!
From the dawn of time, ever since Adam and Eve, all artists of every age—whether the Egyptian, Greek and Roman artists of Antiquity, or more recent famous names as Rembrandt, Courbet, Degas or Picasso—have succumbed to their fantasies, obsessions and libido, and produced erotic works that the censors have taken good care to keep from the public. For Erotica, we surface from the subterranean realms of the museums to enter those of our national and private libraries. Here we discover that not only most of our famous writers, such as Ovid, Aretino, Voltaire, Verlaine or Maupassant, wrote erotic texts that bordered on indecency, but also that great artists like Boucher, Fragonard, Dalí or Matisse were inspired to provide suitable illustrations for these naughty books. For this special anniversary edition, we have culled highlights from our Erotica Universalis collection. A banquet for the imagination and a feast of the eye!
About the author:
Gilles Néret (1933-2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L'Oeil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. Néret's many titles for TASCHEN include Salvador Dalí - The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.
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Erotica Universalis
Néret, Gilles
Softcover, flaps, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 576 pages, $ 14.99 |
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Exhibition
Diana und Actaeon - Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit
October 25, 2008 - February 15, 2009
Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Ehrenhof 4-5, 40479 Düsseldorf, Tel: +49-211-899 62 50, Germany
Diana und Actaeon - Der verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit
October 25, 2008 - February 15, 2009
Stiftung Museum Kunst Palast, Ehrenhof 4-5, 40479 Düsseldorf, Tel: +49-211-899 62 50, Germany
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- See also (2 items)
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Forbidden Erotica TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! "... the images and the people seem much more authentic than anything we see today." -Playboy, United States |
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The Male Nude TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! "The definitive anthology of the male nude, right up to the present day." -The Mirror, London |