“Une Leçon du Docteur Charcot à la Salpêtrière” is the title of a painting by Pierre Aristide André Brouillet (1857-1914).
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Κατηγορία: sexuality
There was once a hot air balloon named “Argo”
It all began in a stormy summer night. The year was 1856. One hunderd years after the birth of Wolfgang
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The Kitchen Maid in European painting: 17th – 18th century
Introduction When I visited the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, I saw Chardin’s “The Kitchen Maid”. This painting
Continue readingΘυσιάζω αρνάκι άσπρο και παχύ, Μαρία Πενταγιώτισσα
Executive Summary Dear non-Greek speaking readers, I am honored to have you visiting my site. This is to let you
Continue readingFemale legs: works by Allen Jones
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/692549/?claim=scdbnga3fjk”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> “Jones does for the leg what Stubbs did for the horse” John McEwan (art
Continue readingNutcracker: by Jennifer Rubell
nutcracker: a device for cracking nuts (Oxford Dictionaries). New York based artist Jennifer Rubell has created her own nutcrackers. In
Continue readingΓλωσσολογικον πονημα επι του “Σεβαστου” και των παραγωγων του
“Η Γκρέτα, καταφανώς εν μεγάλη διεγέρσει διατελούσα, χωρίς την παραμικράν προφύλαξιν, ανέσυρε εν ριπή οφθαλμού το φόρεμά της, και, αποκαλύπτουσα,
Continue readingCaptain John Saris: the Man who brought Shunga to England
Introduction Today I want to tell a story. About a captain named John Saris, who in 1613 brought back to
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Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski) revisited
Parenthesis: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has a Balthus Exhibition “Cats and Girls“(September 25, 2013–January 12, 2014).
Continue readingOn (Sexual) Fetishism
Fetischismus It is only natural to start with what Sigmund Freud wrote in his paper on fetishism (5). “When now
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