The Art of the Erotic [Hardcover]

Carefully curated and beautifully packaged erotic art through the ages – 200 works from the world's most important artists.

This carefully curated and beautifully packaged book spotlights nearly 200 works from the world's most important artists, including Titian, Paul Cézanne, Picasso, Andy Warhol, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Lucian Freud, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Gerhard Richter, Cecily Brown, Anselm Kiefer, George Condo, and Anish Kapoor. With its chronological organization,The Art of the Eroticprovides insights into human sexuality throughout the ages.

Rowan Pelling is a journalist, broadcaster and commentator on the arts. She has just launched a new middle-shelf magazine, The Amorist, intended for devotees of love and passion. She first rose to prominence as the editor of the monthly literary/erotic magazine, Erotic Review, and has written for a range of magazines and newspapers, including the Independent on Sunday, Daily Mail, GQ and The Spectator. Pelling lives in Cambridge, England.

"A ravishing new book from Phaidon that celebrates the long line of artists who have understood that sensuality is to art as salt is to eggs." —Out

"Chronicles our love affair with love affairs." —Timeline

"A comprehensive and chronological insight into the fluid ways in which creators depict human sexuality." —Red

"Giving a glimpse into the more salacious work of legendary photographers and visual artists -The Art of the Eroticis a new title from Phaidon featuring beautiful examples of eroticism throughout history from Georgia O'Keeffe, Nobuyoshi Araki, Wolfgang Tillmans and many more... An enlightening reminder of our universal attraction to artful arousal."—HungerTV.com

"Ravishing... Although many works aim to titillate, thl³°