Erotica


Erotic pictures of a female and male body on a black background

A.F. Belloli . "Bather".'
Until 1881. Oil on canvas. State Museum of Art of Uzbekistan , Tashkent

Jacques-Louis David . " Patroclus ."
1780. Oil on canvas. Thomas Henry Museum, Cherbourg-Octeville

Erootics ( from Eros - the name of the ancient Greek god ) combines what is somehow connected with the concept of sexual sensuality , sexual love ^[1] . This includes narrower aspects of sexuality , for example, in art ^[2] , fashion , communication, psychology ^[3] . The emergence of erotic art led to the emergence of social control in the form of censorship ^[4] .

Content

Unlike pornography

The problem of the ratio of eroticism and pornography was raised at the turn of the new era , and has caused a lot of controversy in world culture ^[5] .

The American scientist Ken Bynes proposed several criteria that separate the physical and artistic-erotic manifestations of sexuality. In particular, some individuality is always inherent in artistic erotica, while pornography is impersonal. In addition, the public perception of artistic erotica differs from the perception of pornography, designed for a private character ^[5] .

Pornography, in contrast to eroticism, draws attention to the graphic image of sexually explicit scenes ^[6] . Pornography is recorded on descriptions of the genitals , sexual intercourse . Eroticism is presented as a certain ennobled phenomenon, as a spiritual attraction of the instinct of procreation ^[7] .

Erotica in world culture

Erotic art appeared in ancient times. Numerous works of ancient Romans and Greeks are known, bearing, as a rule, religious and mythological elements ^[8] ^[9] . Antique sculptures, poetry, mosaics can be attributed to the field of erotic art. In ancient Greece, there was a whole layer of erotic poetry ^[10] .

Notes

↑ Eroticism (neopr.) . Philosophical Encyclopedic Dictionary (2010). Date of treatment December 1, 2013.
↑ Eroticism, eroticism (neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Oxford Dictionary of General Medicine (2002). Date of treatment December 1, 2013. Archived December 3, 2013.
↑ Eroticism (neopr.) . Modern encyclopedia on Dic.academic.ru (2000). Date of treatment December 1, 2013.
↑ Tarasov K.A. Erotic cinema: pro et contra // Sociological studies . - 1994. - No. 4 . - S. 64-69 .
↑ ¹ ² Krivtsun O. A. Psychological roots of erotic art // Psychological journal . - 1992. - T. 13 , No. 1 . - S. 95-106 . Archived on August 10, 2014.
↑ William J. Gehrke. Erotica Is Not Pornography (neopr.) . The Tech. Date of treatment December 1, 2013.
↑ Erotic imagination, Pornography // A complete guide to the sexopathologist / Abramovich O.D., Atroschenkov D.V., Bogdashich N.A. et al. / Ed. Yu. Yu. Eliseeva . - M .: Eksmo , 2006 .-- 576 p.
↑ Phillip S. Rawson Erotic art of the east; the sexual theme in oriental painting and sculpture. Putnam, New York 1968.
↑ John R. Clarke Roman Sex: 100 BC to AD 250. Harry N. Abrams, New York 2003.
↑ Licht Hans. Chapter VII. Eroticism in Greek literature // Sexual life in Ancient Greece / Transl. from English V.V. Fedorina. - M .: KRON-PRESS, 1995 .-- 400 p. - ISBN 5-9524-0483-9 .

Literature

History of Erotic Art
Bataille J. Tears of Eros // Thanatography of Eros: Georges Bataille and French thought of the mid-20th century. - St. Petersburg: Mithril, 1994 .-- S. 271-308.
Zinin S. V. “No, I do not value rebellious pleasure”: Erotica in Chinese // Apocrypha. No. 3. Cultural journal of A. Makhov and I. Peshkov. - S. 100—109
Roman Erotica // Kignar P. Sex and Fear: Essays. / Per. with fr. - M .: Text, 2000 .-- S. 59-69.
Sex and leisure // Libera A. de Medieval thinking. - M .: Praxis, 2004. - S. 134-206.
Malyavin V.V. Lightning in the heart. Spiritual awakening in the Chinese tradition . - M., 1997. - S. 290-320
Sexuality: a miracle, a delusion, a riddle // Ricoeur P. History and truth. - SPb., " Aletheya ", 2002. - S. 221-233.
Foucault M. Use of pleasures. // History of sexuality. T. 2. / Transl. with french V. Kapluna. - SPb .: Academic project , 2004. - C 57-98.
Epstein M.N. Philosophy of the body // Tulchinsky G.L. The body of freedom. - St. Petersburg: Aletheya , 2006. - S. 102-123
Erotica // Encyclopedia Britannica

References

Erotica in painting. Erotic Renaissance Reproductions of erotic paintings.
Severe eroticism of the 1920s

[1] Eroticism (neopr.) . Philosophical Encyclopedic Dictionary (2010). Date of treatment December 1, 2013.

[2] Eroticism, eroticism (neopr.) (Inaccessible link) . Oxford Dictionary of General Medicine (2002). Date of treatment December 1, 2013. Archived December 3, 2013.

[3] Eroticism (neopr.) . Modern encyclopedia on Dic.academic.ru (2000). Date of treatment December 1, 2013.

[4] Tarasov K.A. Erotic cinema: pro et contra // Sociological studies . - 1994. - No. 4 . - S. 64-69 .

[korni-5] ¹ ² Krivtsun O. A. Psychological roots of erotic art // Psychological journal . - 1992. - T. 13 , No. 1 . - S. 95-106 . Archived on August 10, 2014.

[tech-6] William J. Gehrke. Erotica Is Not Pornography (neopr.) . The Tech. Date of treatment December 1, 2013.

[7] Erotic imagination, Pornography // A complete guide to the sexopathologist / Abramovich O.D., Atroschenkov D.V., Bogdashich N.A. et al. / Ed. Yu. Yu. Eliseeva . - M .: Eksmo , 2006 .-- 576 p.

[8] Phillip S. Rawson Erotic art of the east; the sexual theme in oriental painting and sculpture. Putnam, New York 1968.

[9] John R. Clarke Roman Sex: 100 BC to AD 250. Harry N. Abrams, New York 2003.

[10] Licht Hans. Chapter VII. Eroticism in Greek literature // Sexual life in Ancient Greece / Transl. from English V.V. Fedorina. - M .: KRON-PRESS, 1995 .-- 400 p. - ISBN 5-9524-0483-9 .