Foreign and Chinese Collectors' Treasures (Vol. 1-6)

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Publisher: Guangming Daily Press
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Features: Over 2,000 color illustrations of artworks form a comprehensive collection of world art. Moreover, little-known textual materials provide a panoramic view of the history of human sexuality and sexual culture. World History of Sexual Culture, World Folk History, and World History of Prostitution systematically study and three-dimensionally recreate the history and culture of human sexuality from different perspectives. The comprehensiveness of content, richness of historical materials, authority of viewpoints, and novelty of format are fully reflected in these three classic works. These two million valuable textual contents have constructed an encyclopedia of human sexual culture. The breadth of exploration and depth of penetration into the field of sexual culture in these works are pioneering. Especially in areas where domestic materials and research achievements are very scarce, such as adultery, homosexuality, sexual perversions, sexual techniques, sexual art, sexual literature, sexual liberation, sexual chaos, prostitution, the pornography industry, and sexual customs, they provide readers with opportunities to broaden their horizons and offer researchers new insights, references, and valuable materials.
The text is printed entirely on 157g copperplate paper in color, fully embodying the unique connotations of the exquisite images. The cover is made of French purple gold paper, combined with gold leafing and UV technology, showcasing luxury amidst a profound cultural heritage. The book box features five-color printing and gold leafing, perfectly displaying its artistic essence and noble characteristics. The bookcase is meticulously crafted to resemble a redwood box, with an inlaid embossed copper plaque and lined with high-quality silk, appearing grand and substantial, making it suitable for the protection, collection, and gifting of books.
Color printing provides the most perfect luxurious binding to meet all requirements for appreciation, research, gifting, and collection. Nearly two thousand high-quality color illustrations, mostly from major museums and private collectors around the world, are included. Most of them have sparked widespread controversy, some even suffering unfair treatment such as criticism, prohibition, or even burning. Another portion was obtained after overcoming immense difficulties, such as photographs of the lives of prostitutes and scenes of prostitution. Although most collectors are willing to share the pleasure these artworks bring with others and contribute to their preservation, the vastness of their distribution and other reasons have made the collection and organization of these precious artworks incredibly costly and time-consuming.
Fortunately, the results have been equally significant, filling the gaps in this field in terms of quantity, content, and quality. The richness and brilliance of the artwork, as well as the unique and exquisite artistic value, can only be fully appreciated after personal experience. The most outstanding and numerous are the erotic paintings and secret art from various countries around the world, including the sexual murals of ancient Pompeii, the erotic pottery of ancient Greece, the secret art of India, the ukiyo-e of Japan, and the erotic paintings of France, each forming distinct styles and becoming classics of world erotic art. Of course, the achievements of world-renowned painters such as Picasso, Schiele, and Modigliani in this field are particularly noteworthy.
The high value and profound influence of these artworks are self-evident. Although the authors of most paintings remain unknown, their artistic level clearly indicates that they were far from mediocre—a unique characteristic of such works.
Body art, including sculpture, photography, body modification (such as tattoos and clothing), and exhibition, plays an important role in this book. Such artworks are often labeled as pornographic due to their avant-garde creative ideas and styles. Regarding secret photographs of human sexual activity, representative works and classic content from various fields such as photo albums, sexual dance, sexual artifacts, and modern sexual art have been carefully collected and selected. These works cover the entire field of world erotic art, encompassing classic works from different periods.
World erotic art is a special and important part of human civilization, and publishing such a comprehensive collection holds significant importance for art collection, academic research, and cultural heritage.