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Eroticism : images of sexuality in Australian art

Paroissien , Leon1992
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A book created from a special issue of ART and Australia, published in September 1992, which explored eroticism and sexual imagery in Australian art. It provides an historical account of the subject and artists well-known for their work in this area.
Main title:
Eroticism : images of sexuality in Australian art / by Leon Paroissien (Editor) and Dinah Dysart (Editor)
Imprint:
Sydney Fine Arts Press 1992
Collation:
45p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Eroticism and sexual imagery in Australian art / by Dinah Dysart - The artist as lady-killer: a glance at erotica and the nude in the colonial period / by Jane Lennon - Interpreting eroticism / by Peter Timms - Death and eroticism in the Anzac legend / by Leigh Astbury - The stripped rather than the teased: Richard Larter and eroticism / by Joanna Mendelssohn - She's as fine as fine can be: Mike Brown's Mary-Lou, 1961-1964 / by Richard Haese - Sexuality in the work of six contemporary women painters / by Felicity Fenner - The sacred and the profane: eroticism and mysticism in the art of Dale Frank / by Jane Magon - This book contains a reprint of pages 50-95 of Art and Australia volume 30, number 1 spring 1992 - Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9768097590 (hbk)
Dewey class:
704.9428 ERO
Local class:
704.9428
Language:
English
BRN:
133102
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
PenrithPenrith Gallery704.9428 EROLE (Set: 06 Feb 2016)Not for loan (Set: 06 Feb 2016)
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