- Gebundene Ausgabe: 192 Seiten
- Verlag: Prestel Verlag (5. Dezember 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 3791330470
- ISBN-13: 978-3791330471
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 31,6 x 29,4 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 403.396 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Vor dem Hintergrund weltlicher und religiöser Strömungen schufen chinesische Künstler eine große Zahl von erotischen Bildern, die die Bräuche und Verhältnisse ihrer Zeit widerspiegeln. Die frühesten Arbeiten stammen aus dem 14., die spätesten aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Ausgewählte Gedichte stimmen in die Epochen ein, ein Essay erklärt den kulturellen und religiösen Zusammenhang der Werke, und F. M. Bertholet beschreibt die Entstehung seiner großen Sammlung. Die stimmige graphische Gestaltung und hohe Abbildungsqualität machen die ›Gärten der Freude‹ zu einem genussreichen Buch für Sammler und Liebhaber.
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These examples from the world's largest collection of Chinese erotic art offer a rare glimpse behind the curtains of censorship into a realm of aesthetic beauty, symbolism, and harmony.
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This stunning collection of more than 100 color illustrations from the Bertholet Collection is a magnificent achievement. Prestel has created a thoroughly engaging publication here, and never before has the world been able to view most of these breathtaking visions of love and sex from pre-modern China. Much of the visual works date to the 18th century. But, in addition to the visual feast, the entire book overflows with verses that match the age and mood of each work of art, as well as essays on the history of the art form, the effect of Taoism on erotica, Confucianism, the trials a husband undergoes getting his wife to accept a concubine, and even the history of Bertholet's collection itself, and lots more. This is a fascinating read! Intellectual, artistic, and even at times, quite humorous, this is a superb collection of erotic imagery and one of the most enjoyable publications one will find in this genre. This is one book that owners should proudly display on their "coffee-tables" for all to enjoy.
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Pages of pleasure
10. September 2005
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Maybe it wasn't altruism that led Bertholet share his collection in this book. I'm grateful anyway. It's an outstanding collection of Chinese erotic art, from about the end of the 17th century to the late 19th. The works here are all silk paintings, except for a few drawings. They are printed in beautiful color, large enough for easy reading, with expanded details of a few. Bertholet adds plenty of useful commentary (much of which I skipped, I admit). He also adorns most pages with brief extracts from classic Chinese poetry, all on the topic of physical love.
Two things stand out in every artwork and in the collection as a whole. First is the gentle, consensual tone. The closest thing to aggression is a jealous wife twisting the ear of a husband caught 'in flagrante,' and that's more humorous than anything. Voyeurism, whether peeking in on a lady's solitary pleasure, secret viewer of a couple's engagement, or the reader's own participation with the artwork, is always un-threatening. Humor is always close to the surface, the natural good humor of happy people.
The second thing that strikes a Western eye is the very non-Western conventions these artists followed in rendering men and women. The figures are very similar - women aren't given the guitar figure one might expect, and men have rounded and nearly hairless bodies. Women's breasts get only a little attention, and are covered by a bandeau or bib in many scenes. Genitalia aren't exaggerated, and their realistic scale may jar an eye that expected size and importance to go together.
But that's why these works are so enjoyable. They aren't Western, they're a very different look at the thing all people have in common. They're still beautiful, both in the Chinese tradition and in the visual celebration of sex.
//wiredweird
Two things stand out in every artwork and in the collection as a whole. First is the gentle, consensual tone. The closest thing to aggression is a jealous wife twisting the ear of a husband caught 'in flagrante,' and that's more humorous than anything. Voyeurism, whether peeking in on a lady's solitary pleasure, secret viewer of a couple's engagement, or the reader's own participation with the artwork, is always un-threatening. Humor is always close to the surface, the natural good humor of happy people.
The second thing that strikes a Western eye is the very non-Western conventions these artists followed in rendering men and women. The figures are very similar - women aren't given the guitar figure one might expect, and men have rounded and nearly hairless bodies. Women's breasts get only a little attention, and are covered by a bandeau or bib in many scenes. Genitalia aren't exaggerated, and their realistic scale may jar an eye that expected size and importance to go together.
But that's why these works are so enjoyable. They aren't Western, they're a very different look at the thing all people have in common. They're still beautiful, both in the Chinese tradition and in the visual celebration of sex.
//wiredweird
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One-Hundred Eighty Pages of Sheer Joy!
3. März 2004
This stunning collection of more than 100 color illustrations from the Bertholet Collection is a magnificent achievement. Prestel has created a thoroughly engaging publication here, and never before has the world been able to view most of these breathtaking visions of love and sex from pre-modern China. Much of the visual works date to the 18th century. But, in addition to the visual feast, the entire book overflows with verses that match the age and mood of each work of art, as well as essays on the history of the art form, the effect of Taoism on erotica, Confucianism, the trials a husband undergoes getting his wife to accept a concubine, and even the history of Bertholet's collection itself, and lots more. This is a fascinating read! Intellectual, artistic, and even at times, quite humorous, this is a superb collection of erotic imagery and one of the most enjoyable publications one will find in this genre. This is one book that owners should proudly display on their "coffee-tables" for all to enjoy.
Gardens of Pleasure
12. Dezember 2009
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Gardens of Pleasure is a collector's joy. The large format, high quality paper and numerous colour plates ensure that this publication will provide years of enjoyment for its owner. This is not a coffee table book. There are important insightful comments and beautiful Chinese poetry to be read and re-read and taken in by the reader.
For lovers of Chinese art there is a wealth of detail to pour over, including fascinating historical content that depicts the culture of ancient China.
I was delighted to find so much poetry (visual and written) within its pages. This is a wonderful book.
Warning: The images in this masterpiece are explicit and may shock some of its western readers.
For lovers of Chinese art there is a wealth of detail to pour over, including fascinating historical content that depicts the culture of ancient China.
I was delighted to find so much poetry (visual and written) within its pages. This is a wonderful book.
Warning: The images in this masterpiece are explicit and may shock some of its western readers.
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