Synopses & Reviews
Edward Lucie-Smith is probably the best-known author in his field internationally respected for the breadth of his sympathies, for the clarity and directness of his writing on art, and for his ability to make complex contemporary developments accessible to a wide audience. He brings all of his talents to bear in this book, which is a wonderful compendium of erotic art and literature, selected by, and commented on by the world's leading authority on the subject.
Synopsis
Initially published by Rizolli as Ars Erotica as a $40 hardback, this new edition is repackaged with an additional 32pp of full-bleed photographs, and for a great price at $29.95. The book will be retitled: Erotica, The Fine Art of Sex (what was the "Ars" all about anyway?), and will have a new, more erotic jacket. The author, Edward Lucie Smith is in discussions with New York's Museum of Sex about an exhibition of his own erotic photography.
Synopsis
This repackaged edition of a volume that was originally priced at $40 includes an additional 32 pages of full-bleed photographs.
About the Author
Edward Lucie-Smith has published more than a hundred books in all, more than sixty books about art, chiefly but not exclusively about contemporary work. He is generally regarded as both the most prolific and the most widely published writer on art in the world, with sales for some titles totaling over 250,000 copies. A number of his art books, among them Movements in Art Since 1945, Visual Arts of the 20th Century, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Art Today are used as standard texts throughout the world. Other well-known texts include Sexuality in Western Art.