Sentences with phrase «century erotic painting»

The staging may be that of a 19th - century erotic painting, but this is a thriller: one slip could spell disaster.

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But smoking at all was unladylike, and so, in 17th century painting, cigarettes appeared only in the hands of prostitutes and other «fallen women»; later, the cigarette became an important marker of Victorian erotic photography.

In Vevers» work, the gold leaf and stylized figuration of pre-Renaissance painting collides with Japanese erotic prints from the early 19th century.Throw in a 20th - century comic book turn and a 21st - century alarm about environmental conditions, and you've got her cocktail - seductive, but with teeth.

During the 19th century, odalisques became common fantasy figures in the artistic movement known as Orientalism, being featured in many erotic paintings from that era.

The perspectiveless compositions are reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints, Greek vases or Middle - Eastern erotic paintings; her colourful mosaics and mandala - shapes recall Buddhist, Byzantine or 17th - century Baroque traditions.