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Erotic
art covers any artistic work including paintings, sculptures, photographs,
music and writings that is intended to evoke erotic arousal or that depicts
scenes of love-making
Erotica (from the Greek Eros - "desire") — refers to works
of art,
including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting,
that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions.
Erotica is a modern word used to describe the portrayal of the human anatomy
and sexuality with high-art aspirations, differentiating such work from
commercial pornography.
In general, "erotica" refers to portrayals
of sexually arousing material
that hold or aspire to artistic, scientific or human
merit,
whereas "pornography" often connotes the commercial, prurient,
morally valueless depiction of sexual acts, with little or no artistic value.
Defining erotic art
is difficult since perceptions of both what is erotic and what is art fluctuate.
A sculpture of a phallus in some African cultures may be considered a traditional
symbol of potency though not overtly erotic.
In addition, a distinction is often made between erotic art and pornography
(which also depicts scenes of love-making and is intended to evoke erotic
arousal, but is not usually considered art).
The distinction may lie in intent and message;
erotic art intended as pieces of art, encapturing formal elements of art,
and drawing on other historical artworks.
Pornography may also use these tools, but is primarily intended to arouse
one sexually.
Nevertheless, these elements of distinction are highly subjective.
Justice Potter Stewart of the Supreme Court of the
United States,
in attempting to explain "hard-core" pornography, or what is obscene,
famously wrote, "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds
of material I understand to be embraced . . .
but I know it when I see it . . . ."
(Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 184, 197
(1964).
Today, erotic artists
thrive, although, in some circles,
much of the genre is still not as accepted as the more
standard genres of art such as portraiture and landscape.
During the last few centuries, society has broadened its view of what can
be considered as art
and several new styles developed during the 1800s such as Impressionism
and Realism.
This has given today's artists a broader, almost infinite, spectrum with
which to work.
While we still have the traditionalist such as the erotic surrealist Anthony
Christian and his students,
who use the same techniques that have been tried and tested by countless
artists since the Renaissance,
we also have more contemporary schools and techniques,
such as Marci McDonald's abstract work and the bizarre drawings of Julian
Murphy,
which he describes as "Tantric Pop Art," that clearly show the
influences modern culture has had on Erotic Art.
This
store is just the 'tip of the iceburg'
I plan to add more as time goes by.... a work in progress!
I
hope you enjoy your visit......
LionHeart
November
2007
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"Pornography tells lies about women.
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Erotic Fiction
is the name given to fiction that deals with sex or sexual themes,
generally in a more literary or serious way than the fiction seen in
pornographic magazines and sometimes including elements of satire or social criticism.
Works of significant literary merit that can be classed as erotic literature include:
Romance Novels
are sometimes marketed as erotica — or vice versa,
as "mainstream" romance in recent years has begun to exhibit blatant (if poetic) descriptions of sex.
Forbidden and Banned Erotica
....this will be interesting....
Artist's Books
explore relations between the literary, poetic, comic, and artistic representations of sex.
Sex Manuals
such as the Kama Sutra are some of the best known works of erotic literature.
We will be offering a selection of titles and authors on the subjects of:
Taoist Sexuality
Tantric Sexuality
Sacred Sexuality
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'The Ageless Art of Seduction"
Among
the oldest surviving examples of erotic depictions
are Paleolithic cave paintings and carvings, but many cultures have created
erotic art.
The ancient Greeks painted sexual scenes on their ceramics,
many of them famous for being some of the earliest depictions of same-sex
relations and pederasty,
and there are numerous sexually explicit paintings on the walls of ruined
Roman buildings in Pompeii.
The Moche of Peru in South America are another ancient people
that sculpted explicit scenes of sex into their pottery.
There is an entire gallery devoted to pre-Columbian erotic ceramics
(Moche culture) in Lima at the Larco Museum.
Additionally, there has been a long tradition of erotic painting among
the Eastern cultures.
In Japan, for example, shunga appeared in the 13th century
and continued to grow in popularity until the late 19th century when photography
was invented.
Similarly, the erotic art of China reached its popular peak during the
latter part of the Ming Dynasty.
In India, the famous Kama Sutra is an
ancient sex manual that is still popularly read throughout the world.
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