Pictures and Passions: A History of Homosexuality in the Visual Arts

New York: Viking; Penguin, 1999. 342 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Pictures and Passions is the first comprehensive survey of gay and lesbian visual expression in all media, from the dawn of time to the present day. Superseding more narrowly focused studies, this sweeping overview - encompassing art by, for, or about lesbians and gays - scans a panorama of visual images across the world and across time, from Europe and North America to China and Australia, from the Stone Age to the Stonewall riot and beyond. / James M. Saslow, a graduate of Princeton and Columbia universities, for many years New York Arts Editor for The Advocate, is a professor in the Department of Art at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His books include Ganymede in the Renaissance: Homosexuality in Art and Society. He lives in New York City." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: From Stone Age to Stonewall; The Classical World: Greece and Rome; The Middle Ages: Dogma Versus Desire; From Renaissance to Reform: Europe and the Globe, 1400-1700; Asia and Islam: Ancient Cultures, Modern Conflicts; From Winckelmann to Wilde: The Birth of Modernity, 1700-1900; Modernism, Multiplicity, and the Movement: 1900-1969; Post-Stonewall, Post-Modern.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.