Pictures and Passions
A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts
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Word Count
85,500 words, Guess
Page Count
342 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL35259M
- ISBN-100670859532
- OCLC Control Number40862125
- OCLC Control Numberpicturespassions00sasl
- Library of Congress Control Number99019960
and 2 more
- LibraryThing124217
- Goodreads1643423
Classifications
- DDC704.9/49306766
- LCCN8217.H67 S27 1999
Description
*Pictures and Passions* is a sweeping panorama of art by, for, or about gays and lesbians across the world and across time, from Europe and North America to China and Australia, from the Stone Age to the Stonewall riot and beyond. This book breaks down the walls of prejudice and silence that have long imprisoned a visual heritage rich in beauty, passion, and humor.Through prehistoric and classical times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Stonewall, and today, James M. Saslow explores the flowering of lesbian and gay art and experience. Included here are non-Western cultures (Asia and Islam), hostile as well as positive images, traditional media such as painting and sculpture, and modern commercial and mass media such as magazines and photography.
First Sentence
Classica antiquity-the world of ancient Greece and its cultural god child, the Roman Empire-was saturated with a positive appreciation of eros itself the Greek name for the god of love
Description
"Pictures and Passions is the first comprehensive survey of gay and lesbian visual expression in all media, from the dawn of time to the present day. Superseding more narrowly focused studies, this sweeping overview - encompassing art by, for, or about lesbians and gays - scans a panorama of visual images across the world and across time, from Europe and North America to China and Australia, from the Stone Age to the Stonewall riot and beyond."--BOOK JACKET. "Intended as a thoughtful introduction for the general reader, the book will also appeal to students, artists, and all those interested in visual pleasures of remarkable variety and sophistication."--BOOK JACKET.
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