Sexuality in Western Art
- ISBN-10
- 0500202524
- ISBN-13
- 9780500202524
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Author
- Edward Lucie-Smith
Description
Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols.
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