Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of...
This collection of Greek and Latin erotic poems contains an introduction acquainting the reader with ancient sexual mores in their social setting, and offering a helpful guide to reading ancient erotic verse. Poems are prefaced by brief sketches of each poet's life and times...
Recent attacks on contemporary art have portrayed the erotic content of works by Robert Mapplethorpe and others as if it were a deviation from the Western artistic tradition. On the contrary, there is a rich tradition of eroticism in the arts beginning with the erotic verse of...