Das Antlitz - Spiegel der Lust

by Hans-Jürgen Döpp

The climax to the act of love casts an indefinable expression on the face--an expression of urgent intensity. A women, a man, in that moment experiences an ecstasy that for an instant is visible in the eyes and on the lips. A wave of pleasure runs through the body, marking the transition between desire and orgasm. For this fleeting second, when just how violent the sense can be is laid bare, the person immediately before or the person immediately after. With the help of prints and etchings from former centuries, author Hans-Jurgen Dopp looks for an explanation of this very personal mystery that leads to fulfillment.

Genres: Art, Sexuality

95 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Gaelan D'costa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my thing; a survey of various european philosopher's views of what beauty is, and of course by beauty they mean sexualized beauty. It's mostly about form. It's mostly about white beauty; to the author's credit, there are some Indian and Japanese paintings included.

Might make a nice coffee-table book and might be interesting to classic art historians or people who like big sexualized words with a peppering of french terminology.