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Erotica 20th Century Volume 2 : From Dali to Crumb by Gilles Néret

shumska's review

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3.0

ovo nije prikaz erotike kao nečeg lijepog (u smislu estetski lijepog), nego pregled crteža, ilustracija, plakata XX. stoljeća u kojem su uključeni razni umjetnici - dalí, m. w. swanberg, eneg, stanton, tetsu... i njihov doživljaj erotike pri tom prvenstveno ju prikazujući kroz nekonvencionalne i netradicionalne prikaze - imaš osjećaj kao da su si u svom pristupu erotici dali oduška izaći iz okvira "pristojnosti" i "očekivanosti" pa u ovoj knjižici zapravo nema niti jednog klasičnoga prikaza muškog i ženskog tijela ni seksualnog odnosa.
osobno najuspješnijega smatram tetsua koji je beskrajno duhovit i inventivan u svom ciklusu les belles manières - od srca sam se nasmijala.

ako si konzervativan u pogledu ljudskog tijela i seksa, vjerojatno ćeš neke prikaze smatrati degutantnima pa bih bila oprezna pri preporuci ove knjige.

martina_p's review

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1.0

I picked up this book from the shelf at the holiday house i was staying at.
Didn't expect anything.
That's a lie.
I expected to see the side of erotica i haven't seen yet and i did. And that's the only thing i liked about it. There is so much to see.
The book is a second volume of an overview of 20th century erotica in pictures, paintings, drawings, illustrations, posters of famous artists so i'm interested in the first volume now too.
I got more disappointed flipping page one after another. I WAS MISSING CONTEXT. A LOT. I wanted to know more and i didn't wanted to google for it. It was missing explanations. I know it's an art and you should form your own opinion but still i know every piece has some kind of explanation and context.
So that's why it's a one star from me.
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