{"product_id":"9781861717061","title":"The Erotic Object: Sexuality In Sculpture From Prehistory To the Present Day","description":"The Erotic Object: Sexuality in Sculpture From Prehistory to the Present\u003cp\u003eBy Susan Quinnell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevised and updated, with new illustrations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe power and eroticism of sculpture, form, volume and space are sensitively explored in this wide-ranging study, which takes in the history of sculpture from prehistoric times to contemporary art. \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing discussions of many famous sculptors, including: Michelangelo Buonarroti, Antonio Canova, Auguste Rodin, Eric Gill, Andy Goldsworthy, Jasper Johns, Constantin Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, Barbara Hepworth and Gianlorenzo Bernini. \u003cbr\u003eMany contemporary artists are studied too, including installation and performance artists (Catherine Elwes, Karen Finley, Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneemann), and women sculptors such as Alice Aycock, Mary Miss, Rebecca Horn, Nancy Graves, Eva Hesse, Kathe Kollwitz and Judy Chicago. \u003cbr\u003eRegardless of what sculpture depicts, it can be seen as erotic. The surfaces, materials and forms are sensuous: wood, stone, marble, granite, clay, bronze. Touching is pleasure. It is a pleasure that is, perhaps, pre-institutional, pre-industrial and pre-political. \u003cbr\u003eTouching cuts through socialand cultural constructs, such asart, ideology, education and war, and goes back to aprimeval form of being. At same time, touching is a sense of the both personal and societal. John Keats said, 'touch hasa memory'. Sculpture activates this fundamental relation with things. Sculpture renews contact with the simple but utterly crucial experiences such as touch, sight, and smell. \u0026lt;\u003cbr\u003eFully illustrated, with many rare and fascinating illustrations, including prints, paintings and buildings as well as sculptures and statues.\u003cbr\u003eThis book has been revised and updated. 296 pages. \u003cbr\u003ewww.crmoon.com\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crescent Moon Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053673627888,"sku":"9781861717061","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861717061_p0.jpg?v=1763600674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861717061","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}