Pictures and passions : a history of homosexuality in the visual arts /

By:

Saslow, James M

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Viking, 1999Description: vii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0670859532

Subject(s):

Contents:

Introduction: From Stone Age to Stonewall -- The Classical World: Greece and Rome -- The Middle Ages: Dogma Versus Desire -- From Renaissance to Reform: Europe and the Globe, 1400-1700 -- Asia and Islam: Ancient Cultures, Modern Conflicts -- From Winckelmann to Wilde: The Birth of Modernity, 1700-1900 -- Modernism, Multiplicity, and the Movement: 1900-1969 -- Post-Stonewall, Post-Modern.

Summary: 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. The walls of prejudice and silence that have long imprisoned a visual heritage rich in beauty, passion, and humor-some of it still suppressed-have at last been broken down.Summary: Following an Introduction that discusses the sexual and artistic practices of prehistoric and early societies, Pictures and Passions examines the classical world's visual celebration of homoerotic love and how its status among the Greeks permeated later civilizations as an emblem of lost Arcadian ideals. The pictorial denigration and satire of the Middle Ages give way to the dawning tolerance of male beauty and affection in the Renaissance, then to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century economic and social transitions that stimulated the emergence of modern homosexual identity and cultural institutions, and finally to the flowering of today's vibrant gay and lesbian art. Throughout, this art and experience are seen in a broad context that includes non-Western cultures (with an entire chapter on Asia and Islam), hostile as well as positive images, and traditional media such as painting and sculpture alongside modern commercial and mass media such as magazines and photography.Summary: Profusely illustrated with 150 photographs, 32 in color, of works ranging from major monuments of world art to humble snapshots, Pictures and Passions is a groundbreaking work of nuanced scholarship and research as well as a sensual feast. 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.

List(s) this item appears in: Richardson Collection

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Carleton University, AVRC	Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot	Open-stacks	N8217.H67 S27 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	16055001505

Signed on table of contents "Victoria College Book sale, U of Toronto ( 24 September 2012) 83"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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