Author: Kerstin Mey
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Keywords: art, series, obscenity
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2006-12-26
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1845112342
ISBN-13: 9781845112349
Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of "obscenity" remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is "obscene" shift with societies’ shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul
Author: Kerstin Mey
Publisher: I. B. Tauri
Keywords: art, series, obscenity
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 2007-01-15
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 1845112350
ISBN-13: 9781845112356
Explicit material is more widely available in the internet age than ever before, yet the concept of "obscenity" remains as difficult to pin down as it is to approach without bias: notions of what is "obscene" shift with societies’ shifting mores, and our responses to explicit or disturbing material can be highly subjective. In this intelligent and sensitive book, Kerstin Mey grapples with the work of twentieth century artists practising at the edges of acceptability, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCa
Author: Inder S Rana
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Keywords: amp, usa, india, obscenity, law
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1990
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 8170991692
ISBN-13: 9788170991694
Author: Crispin Sartwell
Publisher: State University of New York Pre
Keywords: reality, anarchy, obscenity
Number of Pages: 191
Published: 1996-07-01
List price: $52.50
ISBN-10: 0791429075
ISBN-13: 9780791429075
Author: Mathew D. Clark
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Keywords: indecency, pornography, child, obscenity
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2002-07
List price: $33.00
ISBN-10: 1590333969
ISBN-13: 9781590333969
Author: John Thomas
Publisher: Fred B Rothman & Co
Keywords: mails, obscenity, frauds, lotteries, law
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 1980-12
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0837712025
ISBN-13: 9780837712024
Author: Lynda Nead
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: sexuality, obscenity, art, nude, female
Number of Pages: 158
Published: 1992-12
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415026776
ISBN-13: 9780415026772
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 for Western culture, a symbol of civilization and accomplishment. But how and why did the female nude acquire this status? In recent years, the female nude has received renewed attention from feminist artists and art historians. By examining the dissemination of the female nude through art education and the life class, through art publications
