The Art of Porn
Title | The Art of Porn PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Pornographic films |
ISBN | 9780972045605 |
Art/Porn
Title | Art/Porn PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly Dennis |
Publisher | Berg |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2009-03 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Art/Porn argues the distinctions between erotica and pornography are based on an age-old antithesis between sigh and touch, an antithesis created and maintained for centuries by art criticism. It reveals how the world of art and pornography are much closer than we think.--Back cover.
Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography
Title | Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography PDF eBook |
Author | H. Maes |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2013-11-19 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1137367938 |
What happens when art and pornography meet? By providing a plurality of disciplinary approaches and theoretical perspectives this essay collection will give the reader a fuller and deeper understanding of the commonalities and frictions between artistic and pornographic representations.
Art and Pornography
Title | Art and Pornography PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Maes |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015-07-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780198744085 |
Art and Pornography presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art. Is there any overlap between art and pornography, or are the two mutually exclusive? If they are, why is that? If they are not, how might we characterize pornographic art or artistic pornography, and how might pornographic art be distinguished, if at all, from erotic art? Can there be aesthetic experience of pornography? What are some of the psychological, social, and political consequences of the creation and appreciation of erotic art or artistic pornography? Leading scholars from around the world address these questions, and more, and bring together different aesthetic perspectives and approaches to this widely consumed, increasingly visible, yet aesthetically underexplored cultural domain. The book, the first of its kind in philosophical aesthetics, will contribute to a more accurate and subtle understanding of the many representations that incorporate explicit sexual imagery and themes, in both high art and demotic culture, in Western and non-Western contexts. It is sure to stir debate, and healthy controversy.
The Feminist Porn Book
Title | The Feminist Porn Book PDF eBook |
Author | Tristan Taormino |
Publisher | The Feminist Press at CUNY |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2013-02-19 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 155861818X |
The Feminist Porn Book celebrates the power of desire, turning the spotlight on an industry where feminism is thriving.
The Female Nude
Title | The Female Nude PDF eBook |
Author | Lynda Nead |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 113497275X |
Anyone who examines the history of Western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the female body. More than any other subject, the female nude connotes `art'. The framed image of a female body, hung on the walls of an art gallery, is an icon of Western culture, a symbol of civilization and accomplishment. But how and why did the female nude acquire this status? The Female Nude brings together, in an entirely new way, analysis of the historical tradition of the female nude and discussion of recent feminist art, and by exploring the ways in which acceptable and unacceptable images of the female body are produced and maintained, renews recent debates on high culture and pornography. The Female Nude represents the first feminist survey of the most significant subject in Western art. It reveals how the female nude is now both at the centre and at the margins of high culture. At the centre, and within art historical discourse, the female nude is seen as the visual culmination of enlightenment aesthetics; at the edge, it risks losing its repectability and spilling over into the obscene.
The Henson Case
Title | The Henson Case PDF eBook |
Author | David Marr |
Publisher | Text Publishing |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2008-01-01 |
Genre | Censorship |
ISBN | 9781921520037 |
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community claimed charges laid over them would affect Australia's cultural reputation. Only now do we have the opportunity to hear the full story behind the Bill Henson photographs, which grabbed national attention in May 2008 when 20 images were removed from an exhibition and the photographer was investigated for child pornography. David Marr, author of Dark Victory and the award-winning biography Patrick White: A Life, examines the pornography/art debate with exclusive interviews with Bill Henson, members of the NSW police force, child abuse campaigners and important figures in the Australian arts scene.