Eroticism in Western art /
Edward Lucie-Smith.
- London : Thames and Hudson, 1972.
- 287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. + pbk.
- World of art library .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 276) and index.
The erotic and the sacred -- The open secret -- The new paganism -- Eroticism and realism -- Cruel fantasies -- Love for sale -- The all-devouring female -- Erotic metamorphosis -- Venus observed -- Lust in action -- Deviations -- Pleasurable pains -- Here comes a chopper -- Symbols and disguises -- Eroticism and modernism.