English Eroticism
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Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few cultural traditions have so richly disguised their sensual obsessions beneath a veneer of propriety as the English, and English Eroticism cuts through that veil with remarkable clarity. Piero Lorenzoni chronicles the erotic imagination as it manifested across centuries of British art, literature, and visual culture, tracing a tradition that flourished in private collections, underground publications, and the coded imagery of mainstream galleries alike — a testament to desire's irrepressible ingenuity. Lorenzoni presents a cultural history that is as intellectually rigorous as it is visually arresting, arguing that eroticism was never truly absent from English life but rather perpetually recast in new forms to circumvent the era's prevailing moral codes. His survey illuminates the tension between repression and expression that defines so much of Britain's artistic heritage, from Restoration satire to Victorian excess. Rich with reproductions and scholarly commentary, this volume raises a provocative question: what does a society's forbidden imagery ultimately reveal about its deepest values?
Author: Piero Lorenzoni
Format: Hardback
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few cultural traditions have so richly disguised their sensual obsessions beneath a veneer of propriety as the English, and English Eroticism cuts through that veil with remarkable clarity. Piero Lorenzoni chronicles the erotic imagination as it manifested across centuries of British art, literature, and visual culture, tracing a tradition that flourished in private collections, underground publications, and the coded imagery of mainstream galleries alike — a testament to desire's irrepressible ingenuity. Lorenzoni presents a cultural history that is as intellectually rigorous as it is visually arresting, arguing that eroticism was never truly absent from English life but rather perpetually recast in new forms to circumvent the era's prevailing moral codes. His survey illuminates the tension between repression and expression that defines so much of Britain's artistic heritage, from Restoration satire to Victorian excess. Rich with reproductions and scholarly commentary, this volume raises a provocative question: what does a society's forbidden imagery ultimately reveal about its deepest values?