Seduced: Art & Sex From Antiquity to Now

Internet Bookwatch, Feb, 2008

Seduced: Art & Sex From Antiquity to Now

Marina Wallace, Martin Kem and Joanne Bernstein

Merrell Publishers Limited

740 Broadway, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10003

9781858944166, $49.95 www.merrellpublishers.com

This survey of sex in art spans some 2000 years and considers the boundaries between art and pornography as it probes sexually explicit works and accompanies a London gallery exhibition on the subject. College-level art libraries will relish this stand-alone catalog, which holds works and discussions of over 70 artists and historical figures and examines history, culture and artistic considerations alike. Color and black and white illustrations abound.