The Tears of Eros
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| - | '''''Tears of Eros''''' (French original title: ''Les Larmes d'éros'') is a [[1961]] non-fiction [[art history]] book by [[Georges Bataille]] published by [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]]. This, his last book, was prefaced by [[J. M. Lo Duca]], who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life. | + | '''''Tears of Eros''''' (French original title: ''Les Larmes d'éros'') is a [[1961]] non-fiction [[art history]] book by [[Georges Bataille]] in which he explores the relationship between [[visual art]], [[eroticism]], [[violence]] and [[death]]. published by [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]]. This, his last book, was prefaced by [[J. M. Lo Duca]], who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life. |
| Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by [[City Lights Publishers]] in a translation by [[Peter Connor]]. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of [[José Manuel Capuletti]], "The bottle of the [[Danaides]]", on its cover. | Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by [[City Lights Publishers]] in a translation by [[Peter Connor]]. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of [[José Manuel Capuletti]], "The bottle of the [[Danaides]]", on its cover. | ||
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Tears of Eros (French original title: Les Larmes d'éros) is a 1961 non-fiction art history book by Georges Bataille in which he explores the relationship between visual art, eroticism, violence and death. published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert. This, his last book, was prefaced by J. M. Lo Duca, who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life.
Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by City Lights Publishers in a translation by Peter Connor. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of José Manuel Capuletti, "The bottle of the Danaides", on its cover.
City Lights describe the book as:
- Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death.
- This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in Erotism: Death and Sexuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art. In it Bataille examines death-the ""little death"" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice.
References
- Bataille, George Translated The Tears of Eros. Translated by Peter Connor. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. ISBN 0872862224
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