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Shadows of Lovers, The Erotic Photography of Mateo De La Rioja (An Interview)

Shadows of Lovers, The Erotic Photography of Mateo De La Rioja (An Interview)

Mateo De la Rioja, a photographer from Canada, strives to freeze private...

Fantasy and Seduction: Eroticism In the Work Of Fastner & Larson

Fantasy and Seduction: Eroticism In the Work Of Fastner & Larson

Scantily Clad WarriorsThe work of Steve Fastner and Rich Larson is striking...

Édouard-Henri Avril’s Fanny Hill: Illustrating Desire, Rebellion, and the Secret Life of 18th-Century Erotica

Édouard-Henri Avril’s Fanny Hill: Illustrating Desire, Rebellion, and the Secret Life of 18th-Century Erotica

In the shadowy margins of the nineteenth century European art flourished a...

Pussy Power, Performing Persona and Eroticism

Pussy Power, Performing Persona and Eroticism

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the backstage of the stardom —...

Forbidden Female Nude, Erotic Art and the Violence of Gaze

Forbidden Female Nude, Erotic Art and the Violence of Gaze

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the Western Art History Gentleman’s...

Paul Gauguin and the Erotics of the Exotic: Primitivism, Brown Skin, and the Colonial Gaze

Paul Gauguin and the Erotics of the Exotic: Primitivism, Brown Skin, and the Colonial Gaze

I can’t think of an artist who evokes as much discomfort and...

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