Fear And Loathing In New York Summary
Critical Review Of “Fear and Loathing in New York-An impolite anecdote about the interface of homophobia and misogyny” written by Jennifer Doyle Rebecca Hicks I have chosen an essay on pages 15- 17 in “The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader” by the name of, “Fear and Loathing in New York-An impolite anecdote about the interface of homophobia and misogyny written by JenniferDoyle. I will be summarizing the article as well as the kinds of story that art and history has told about sex and desire. I also will be talking about the difference between pornography and art, and the difference between art and advertisement. I also will be giving a brief background history on Jennifer Doyle, so that we may understand why she chose to write this article. Most of all I will be talking about where do our attitudes about sex figure into the art world? In Doyle’s writing of,
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Among the oldest surviving examples of erotic depictions are Paleolithic cave paintings and carvings, but many cultures have created erotic art. When looking into the history of art and sex the earliest known illustration of a man using a condom during sexual intercourse is painted on the wall of a cave in France. It is dated between 12,000 and 15,000 years old. The ancient Greeks painted sexual scenes on their ceramics, many of them famous for being some of the earliest depictions of same-sex relations and pederasty, and there are numerous sexually explicit paintings on the walls of ruined Roman buildings in Pompeii. In Europe, starting with the Renaissance, there was a tradition of producing erotica for the amusement of the aristocracy. During the last few centuries, society has broadened its view of what can be considered as art and several new styles developed during the 1800s such as Impressionism and Realism. This has given today's artists a broader, almost infinite, spectrum with which to work. (news.bbc.co.uk, by Emily
Among the oldest surviving examples of erotic depictions are Paleolithic cave paintings and carvings, but many cultures have created erotic art. When looking into the history of art and sex the earliest known illustration of a man using a condom during sexual intercourse is painted on the wall of a cave in France. It is dated between 12,000 and 15,000 years old. The ancient Greeks painted sexual scenes on their ceramics, many of them famous for being some of the earliest depictions of same-sex relations and pederasty, and there are numerous sexually explicit paintings on the walls of ruined Roman buildings in Pompeii. In Europe, starting with the Renaissance, there was a tradition of producing erotica for the amusement of the aristocracy. During the last few centuries, society has broadened its view of what can be considered as art and several new styles developed during the 1800s such as Impressionism and Realism. This has given today's artists a broader, almost infinite, spectrum with which to work. (news.bbc.co.uk, by Emily