Italian erotica
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This page is dedicated to Italian erotica and Italian sexual mores.
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Antiquity
Renaissance
- Fig leaf and the Sistine Chapel
- I Modi by Pietro Aretino
- Facetiae by Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini.
- The Book of the Prick
17th century
With publication of L'École des filles, France took over from Italy as the center of European erotic literature. France's reign would be long.
Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (7 December 1598 — 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect. In addition he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets.
Working in 17th century Rome, best-known for his marble sculptures the Ecstasy of St Theresa[1], The Rape of Proserpina[2] and the Beata Ludovica Albertoni[3].
18th century
Canova
Antonio Canova (November 1, 1757 - October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture.
Casanova
Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Bohemia) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex.
In spite of him being a historical character and Don Juan being a legend, Casanova is often associated with him.
Histoire de ma vie (Story of my Life) is both the memoir and autobiography of Giacomo Casanova, a famous 18th century Italian adventurer. A previous, bowdlerized version was originally known in English as The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (from the French Mémoires de Jacques Casanova) until the original version was published in 1960.
Although Casanova was Venetian (born 1725 in Venice), the book is written in French, which was the dominant language in the upper class at the time. The book covers Casanova's life only through 1774, although the full title of the book is Histoire de ma vie jusqu'à l'an 1797, (History of my Life until the year 1797). Its first publication was in German in 1822.
20th century
- The poloaroids of Carlo Mollino
Film
- Silvana Mangano in Bitter Rice
- Tinto Brass
- Bruno Mattei
- Il diavolo in corpo (1986) - Marco Bellocchio
Comic books
- Guido Crepax
- Diva Collection (erotic books series)
- Glittering Images (publisher) -
- Milo Manara
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