Queer Beauty: Sexuality and Aesthetics from Winckelmann to Freud and Beyond
(Part of the Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series and Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts Series)
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The pioneering work of Johann Winckelmann (1717-1768) identified a homoerotic appreciation of male beauty in classical Greek sculpture, a fascination that had endured in Western art since the Greeks. Yet after Winckelmann, the value (even the possibility) of art's queer beauty was often denied. Several theorists, notably the philosopher Immanuel Kant, broke sexual attraction and aesthetic appreciation into separate or dueling domains. In turn,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0231146906
ISBN13:9780231146906
Release Date:August 2010
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.42 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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