Sentences with phrase «illustrates erotic art»

The selection illustrates erotic art produced in places as far flung as Gupta India, medieval France and Peru.

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His other books include U.S. CONSTITUTION FOR BEGINNERS (Writers and Readers Press, 1987), illustrated by Pulitzer prize winner Joel Pett; PREACH LIBERTY (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1990); NONPROFIT LITIGATION (John Wiley and Sons, 1992); and two books of art criticism, titled SIMULATING SEX: AESTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS OF EROTIC ACTIVITY (2002) and BEYOND NOLA: NEW ORLEANS REVIEWS OF ART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published by UP in conjunction with The New Orleans Art Reviart criticism, titled SIMULATING SEX: AESTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS OF EROTIC ACTIVITY (2002) and BEYOND NOLA: NEW ORLEANS REVIEWS OF ART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published by UP in conjunction with The New Orleans Art Reviart criticism, titled SIMULATING SEX: AESTHETIC REPRESENTATIONS OF EROTIC ACTIVITY (2002) and BEYOND NOLA: NEW ORLEANS REVIEWS OF ART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published by UP in conjunction with The New Orleans Art ReviART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published by UP in conjunction with The New Orleans Art ReviART (with Terrington Calas, 2002), both published by UP in conjunction with The New Orleans Art ReviArt ReviArt Review.

These are joined by photographs that illustrate objects and art works that couldn't be loaned (Francisco de Goya's Straw Dummy from 1791 - 2 or Oskar Kokoschka's life - size fetish doll that acted as his mistress), that document bizarre incidents («an accidental suicide during auto - erotic stimulation») or that have an impact as physically intense as the sculpture (Hans Bellmer's Poupée from 1935, and Cindy Sherman's «Sex» pictures from 1992).

In addition to its practical function as a source of light, its use is also replete with symbolism: candles can stand for transience and death, illustrate biblical scenes and charge them with emotion, express feelings such as grief or melancholy, illuminate portrayals of science and the arts in the true sense of the word or subtly add an erotic layer to the scenes depicted.

Shunga, which is the Japanese term for erotic art, literally meaning spring pictures, is a selection 170 works from collections around the world, in the form of paintings, prints and illustrated books.