Paradis interdits : luxure, ivresse et débauche dans l'art

As captivating as it is daring, this book traces a history of vice in Western artistic creation from the Renaissance to the 20th century. From carnal embraces to artificial paradises, it explores the representation of earthly pleasures in all their varieties. It lifts the veil on the sometimes licentious, often enigmatic works of essential artists such as Bosch, Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Gentileschi, Fragonard, Hogarth, Degas, Avramovic, and many others.

Mythological or religious subjects, allegories, and portraits are pretexts for displaying the naked body, the games of seduction, and places of perdition. Between fascination and provocation, male stereotypes and female demands, it is another perspective, tinged with scandal, that is cast on art: that of pleasures, excesses, and escapism.