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| "[[Jerrold Levinson]] and [[Hans Maes]] have been in the very centre of the discussion, holding opposite views on whether [[pornography can be art]]. In the introduction they point out that pornography's bad reputation is largely responsible for the lack of interest aestheticians showed it in the past. It seems that even if there are some pornographic works which are aesthetically rewarding, and there is some art that flirts with porn, they are very rare. Philosophers of art only recently started asking why the overlap is so small, but once the discussion started it seemed to grow in popularity every day, and it`s good to see some of its main topics explored more in depth in a book"[http://www.simonfokt.org/Papers/S.%20Fokt%20-%20Art%20and%20Pornography%20review.pdf] --[[Simon Fokt]] | "[[Jerrold Levinson]] and [[Hans Maes]] have been in the very centre of the discussion, holding opposite views on whether [[pornography can be art]]. In the introduction they point out that pornography's bad reputation is largely responsible for the lack of interest aestheticians showed it in the past. It seems that even if there are some pornographic works which are aesthetically rewarding, and there is some art that flirts with porn, they are very rare. Philosophers of art only recently started asking why the overlap is so small, but once the discussion started it seemed to grow in popularity every day, and it`s good to see some of its main topics explored more in depth in a book"[http://www.simonfokt.org/Papers/S.%20Fokt%20-%20Art%20and%20Pornography%20review.pdf] --[[Simon Fokt]] | ||
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| + | "We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of [[pornography]] into art before our own eyes when [[Hans Bellmer]] one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common [[pornographic photograph]]s." --''[[The Complete Book of Erotic Art]]'' (1978), the Kronhausens | ||
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| + | '''Pornographic art''' is art of a [[pornographic]] nature. There is some discussion whether this art category actually exists. The term was first attested in the 19th century[https://www.google.be/search?q=%22pornographic+art%22&rlz=1C1GCEA_enBE822BE822&tbm=bks&source=lnt&tbs=cdr:1,cd_min:1800,cd_max:1899&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKv8qzhsfeAhVBElAKHX86BjcQpwUIIA&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1] to denote works of [[ancient erotica]] such as [[Pompeiian erotica]]. In the early 21st century academics such as [[Hans Maes]] sought to give it respectability in its own right. | ||
| + | ==History== | ||
| In her 1967 essay "[[The Pornographic Imagination]]", Susan Sontag argued that certain works of literature considered [[pornography]] need to be acknowledged as works of [[literary merit]], famously stating that "Pierre Louys' ''[[Trois filles de leur mère]],'' George Bataille's ''[[Histoire de l'Oeil]]'' and ''[[Madame Edwarda]],'' the pseudonymous ''[[Story of O]]'' and ''[[The Image (novel)|The Image]]'' belong to literature." | In her 1967 essay "[[The Pornographic Imagination]]", Susan Sontag argued that certain works of literature considered [[pornography]] need to be acknowledged as works of [[literary merit]], famously stating that "Pierre Louys' ''[[Trois filles de leur mère]],'' George Bataille's ''[[Histoire de l'Oeil]]'' and ''[[Madame Edwarda]],'' the pseudonymous ''[[Story of O]]'' and ''[[The Image (novel)|The Image]]'' belong to literature." | ||
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| This was at the height of the [[sexual revolution]] but also at the beginning of the mingling of [[high and low culture]], what would come to be termed ''[[nobrow]]'' in postmodern times. | This was at the height of the [[sexual revolution]] but also at the beginning of the mingling of [[high and low culture]], what would come to be termed ''[[nobrow]]'' in postmodern times. | ||
| - | Tellingly, the [[Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen]]s mention in their book ''[[The Complete Book of Erotic Art]]''(?) how one day, they witnessed the transformation from pornography to art: | + | Revealingly, the [[Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen]]s mention in their book ''[[The Complete Book of Erotic Art]]''(?) how one day, they witnessed the transformation from pornography to art: |
| :"We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of pornography into art before our own eyes when [[Hans Bellmer]] one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common pornographic photographs." | :"We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of pornography into art before our own eyes when [[Hans Bellmer]] one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common pornographic photographs." | ||
| - | In the seventies there was the [[porno chic]] era, in the eighties there was [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], in the nineties [[Jeff Koons]]'s "[[Made in Heaven]]" (1990–91) series and at the turn of the 21st century there was the [[New French Extremity]] in cinema and [[John Currin]] and [[Lisa Yuskavage]] in painting. | + | In the seventies there was the [[porno chic]] era, in the late eighties there was Robert Mapplethorpe's ''[[The Perfect Moment]]'' 1989-90, in the nineties Jeff Koons's "[[Made in Heaven]]" (1990–91) series, in the 2000s ''[[Nudes (Ruff)|Nudes]]'' (2003) by Thomas Ruff and at the turn of the 21st century there was the [[New French Extremity]] in cinema and [[John Currin]] and [[Lisa Yuskavage]] in painting. |
| The [[academic study of pornography]] began in 1989 with the publication of ''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' (1989) by Linda Williams. Most recently, the topic whether pornography can be art was taken up in the [[porn/art debate]] in which [[Hans Maes]] (with Matthew Kieran, David Davies, Andrew Kania) claims that porn can be art and [[Jerrold Levinson]] (with Uidhir) claiming that it can't. | The [[academic study of pornography]] began in 1989 with the publication of ''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' (1989) by Linda Williams. Most recently, the topic whether pornography can be art was taken up in the [[porn/art debate]] in which [[Hans Maes]] (with Matthew Kieran, David Davies, Andrew Kania) claims that porn can be art and [[Jerrold Levinson]] (with Uidhir) claiming that it can't. | ||
| ==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| :''[[Pornography#References]]'' | :''[[Pornography#References]]'' | ||
| - | ===Articles=== | + | ===Bibliography=== |
| - | *“[[The Pornographic Imagination]]” (1967) by Susan Sontag | + | * "[[Pornography and Obscenity]]" (1929) by D. H. Lawrence |
| - | *"[[What Is Erotic Art?]]" (1998) by Jerrold Levinson | + | * ''[[The Nude]]'' (1956) by Kenneth Clark |
| - | *“[[Pornographic Art]]” (2001) by Matthew Kieran | + | * ''[[The Other Victorians]]'' (1964) by Steven Marcus |
| - | *"[[Erotic Art and Pornographic Pictures]]" (2005) by Jerrold Levinson | + | * "[[The Pornographic Imagination]]” (1967) by Susan Sontag |
| - | *"[[Flesh from the Butcher: How to Distinguish Eroticism from Pornography]]" (2005) by Roger Scruton | + | * ''[[The Longford Report]]'' (1972) by various |
| - | *"[[Why Pornography Can’t Be Art]]" (2009) by Christy Mag Uidhir | + | * ''[[Ways of Seeing]]'' (1972) by John Berger |
| - | *"[[Art and Pornography (review of 'Contemplating Art')]]" (2009) by Hans Maes | + | * ''[[Against Our Will]]'' (1975) by Susan Brownmiller |
| - | *"[[Art or Porn: Clear Division or False Dilemma?]]" (2010) by Hans Maes | + | * ''[[The Erotic Arts]]'' (1975) by Peter Webb |
| - | *"[[Drawing the line: Art versus Pornography]]" (2011) by Hans Maes | + | * ''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' (1989) by Linda Williams |
| - | *"[[Pornographic Art—A Case from Definitions]]" (2012) by Simon Fokt | + | * "[[What Is Erotic Art?]]" (1998) by Jerrold Levinson |
| - | *"[[Who Says Pornography Can't be Art?]]" (2012) | + | * "[[Pornographic Art]]” (2001) by Matthew Kieran |
| - | *"[[Pornography Stumps Analytic Philosophers of Art]]" (2015) by Arnold Jarvie | + | * "[[Erotic Art and Pornographic Pictures]]" (2005) by Jerrold Levinson |
| - | + | * "[[Flesh from the Butcher: How to Distinguish Eroticism from Pornography]]" (2005) by Roger Scruton | |
| - | ===Books=== | + | * ''[[Art and Obscenity]]'' (2006) by Kerstin Mey |
| - | *''[[ Art and Pornography: An Experiment in Explanation]]'' (1969) by [[Morse Peckham]] | + | * "[[Why Pornography Can’t Be Art]]" (2009) by Christy Mag Uidhir |
| - | *''[[Art and Obscenity]]'' (2006) by Kerstin Mey | + | * "[[Art and Pornography (review of 'Contemplating Art')]]" (2009) by Hans Maes |
| - | *''[[Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching]]'' (2009) by Kelly Dennis | + | * ''[[Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching]]'' (2009) by Kelly Dennis |
| - | *''[[Art & Pornography: Philosophical Essays]]'' (2012) by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson | + | * "[[Art or Porn: Clear Division or False Dilemma?]]" (2011a) by Hans Maes |
| - | *''[[Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography]]'' (2013) | + | * "[[Drawing the Line: Art versus Pornography]]" (2011b) by Hans Maes |
| + | * "[[Pornographic Art—A Case from Definitions]]" (2012) by Simon Fokt | ||
| + | * ''[[Art & Pornography: Philosophical Essays]]'' (2012) by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson | ||
| + | ** "[[Who Says Pornography Can't Be Art?]]" (2012), Maes, a reworked version of "Drawing the line: Art versus Pornography" (2011) | ||
| + | * ''[[Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography]]'' (2013), edited by Hans Maes | ||
| + | * [[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on 'erotic art' by Hans Maes (2014)|Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on 'erotic art']] (2014) by Hans Maes | ||
| + | * "[[Pornography Stumps Analytic Philosophers of Art]]" (2014) by Ian Jarvie | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
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| *[[Toilet philosophy]] | *[[Toilet philosophy]] | ||
| *[[Philosophy of sex]] | *[[Philosophy of sex]] | ||
| + | *[[Gelatin und der Arc de Triomphe]] | ||
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| [[Category:Nobrow]] | [[Category:Nobrow]] | ||
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"False judgments enter art history if we judge from the impression which pictures of different epochs, placed side by side, make on us.... They speak a different language." --Principles of Art History "Jerrold Levinson and Hans Maes have been in the very centre of the discussion, holding opposite views on whether pornography can be art. In the introduction they point out that pornography's bad reputation is largely responsible for the lack of interest aestheticians showed it in the past. It seems that even if there are some pornographic works which are aesthetically rewarding, and there is some art that flirts with porn, they are very rare. Philosophers of art only recently started asking why the overlap is so small, but once the discussion started it seemed to grow in popularity every day, and it`s good to see some of its main topics explored more in depth in a book"[1] --Simon Fokt "We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of pornography into art before our own eyes when Hans Bellmer one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common pornographic photographs." --The Complete Book of Erotic Art (1978), the Kronhausens |
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Pornographic art is art of a pornographic nature. There is some discussion whether this art category actually exists. The term was first attested in the 19th century[2] to denote works of ancient erotica such as Pompeiian erotica. In the early 21st century academics such as Hans Maes sought to give it respectability in its own right.
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History
In her 1967 essay "The Pornographic Imagination", Susan Sontag argued that certain works of literature considered pornography need to be acknowledged as works of literary merit, famously stating that "Pierre Louys' Trois filles de leur mère, George Bataille's Histoire de l'Oeil and Madame Edwarda, the pseudonymous Story of O and The Image belong to literature."
When Sontag wrote those words, the notion of the respectability of erotic literature was beginning to be established, but the notion of pornographic literature being just as respectable was new. The use of the word pornography coupled with positive attributes was unheard of.
This was at the height of the sexual revolution but also at the beginning of the mingling of high and low culture, what would come to be termed nobrow in postmodern times.
Revealingly, the Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausens mention in their book The Complete Book of Erotic Art(?) how one day, they witnessed the transformation from pornography to art:
- "We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of pornography into art before our own eyes when Hans Bellmer one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common pornographic photographs."
In the seventies there was the porno chic era, in the late eighties there was Robert Mapplethorpe's The Perfect Moment 1989-90, in the nineties Jeff Koons's "Made in Heaven" (1990–91) series, in the 2000s Nudes (2003) by Thomas Ruff and at the turn of the 21st century there was the New French Extremity in cinema and John Currin and Lisa Yuskavage in painting.
The academic study of pornography began in 1989 with the publication of Hard Core: Power, Pleasure (1989) by Linda Williams. Most recently, the topic whether pornography can be art was taken up in the porn/art debate in which Hans Maes (with Matthew Kieran, David Davies, Andrew Kania) claims that porn can be art and Jerrold Levinson (with Uidhir) claiming that it can't.
Bibliography
Bibliography
- "Pornography and Obscenity" (1929) by D. H. Lawrence
- The Nude (1956) by Kenneth Clark
- The Other Victorians (1964) by Steven Marcus
- "The Pornographic Imagination” (1967) by Susan Sontag
- The Longford Report (1972) by various
- Ways of Seeing (1972) by John Berger
- Against Our Will (1975) by Susan Brownmiller
- The Erotic Arts (1975) by Peter Webb
- Hard Core: Power, Pleasure (1989) by Linda Williams
- "What Is Erotic Art?" (1998) by Jerrold Levinson
- "Pornographic Art” (2001) by Matthew Kieran
- "Erotic Art and Pornographic Pictures" (2005) by Jerrold Levinson
- "Flesh from the Butcher: How to Distinguish Eroticism from Pornography" (2005) by Roger Scruton
- Art and Obscenity (2006) by Kerstin Mey
- "Why Pornography Can’t Be Art" (2009) by Christy Mag Uidhir
- "Art and Pornography (review of 'Contemplating Art')" (2009) by Hans Maes
- Art/Porn: A History of Seeing and Touching (2009) by Kelly Dennis
- "Art or Porn: Clear Division or False Dilemma?" (2011a) by Hans Maes
- "Drawing the Line: Art versus Pornography" (2011b) by Hans Maes
- "Pornographic Art—A Case from Definitions" (2012) by Simon Fokt
- Art & Pornography: Philosophical Essays (2012) by Hans Maes and Jerrold Levinson
- "Who Says Pornography Can't Be Art?" (2012), Maes, a reworked version of "Drawing the line: Art versus Pornography" (2011)
- Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography (2013), edited by Hans Maes
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on 'erotic art' (2014) by Hans Maes
- "Pornography Stumps Analytic Philosophers of Art" (2014) by Ian Jarvie
See also
- Academic study of pornography
- Erotica vs. pornography debate
- Hierarchy of genres
- Philosophy of culture
- Nobrow
- Toilet philosophy
- Philosophy of sex
- Gelatin und der Arc de Triomphe
