Western Art and Sex Culture

Author: Zhang Zhaohui
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: This book explores Western sexual culture from an artistic perspective. For most Chinese people, nudity and sexual themes are omnipresent in Western art history galleries, whether in ancient Egypt or Assyria, ancient Greece or ancient Rome; from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, from Impressionism to today's postmodern art, symbols of sexuality, sexual issues, and images of love seep into every corner of Western art history. Why has the topic of sexuality been so beloved by artists and audiences in Western art history? What historical origins does it have? Although this book cannot fully satisfy readers' strong thirst for knowledge and curiosity, nor can it answer all the questions of Chinese readers, it attempts to sketch an vivid picture in a straightforward manner.