The Human Condition

Eros & the Body

The erotic imagination from antiquity to the 19th century

Carracci's Lascivie, Aretino's I Modi, Beardsley's Lysistrata, Utamaro's shunga, Khajuraho's temple sculptures, Avril's illustrations. The frankest visual tradition in Western and Eastern art, spanning Greek vases to Edo-period woodcuts.

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