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Art and sex / Gray Watson.

By: Series: Art and-Publication details: London : I. B. Tauris, 2008.Description: xiii, 154 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781845116644
  • 184511664X
  • 9781845116651
  • 1845116658
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Contents:
Introduction -- The body -- The celebration of female sexuality -- Divergent sexualities -- Intercourse -- Sex, money and modernity -- Sex and nature -- Sex and the sacred -- The theatre of cruelty -- Stories of the eye -- Beauty and beastliness -- Afterword.
Summary: This 'no-holds barred' book surveys the vast array of images of sex and sexuality in contemporary art, finding sex in some surprising places and drawing often fascinating conclusions.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-147) and index.

Introduction -- The body -- The celebration of female sexuality -- Divergent sexualities -- Intercourse -- Sex, money and modernity -- Sex and nature -- Sex and the sacred -- The theatre of cruelty -- Stories of the eye -- Beauty and beastliness -- Afterword.

This 'no-holds barred' book surveys the vast array of images of sex and sexuality in contemporary art, finding sex in some surprising places and drawing often fascinating conclusions.