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Three engrossing new titles are top picks from art publisher Prestel’s latest releases, and are especially recommended for college-level art library holdings. Pippa Hurd’s Icons Of Erotic Art (3791331655, $39.95) examines the presence and influence of classical myth in erotic art, considering the ritualization of erotic art sexuality and discussing the origins of erotic sentiments and essences in both men and women. Full-page color reproductions of classics in erotic art accompany scholarly discussions of the use of disguises, lighting, landscapes and social morals to create atmosphere. Pamela Kort’s Comic Grotesque: Wit And Mockery In German Art, 1870-1940 (3791331957, $49.95) also is recommended as a basic acquisition for the serious art library collection; especially for libraries strong in German art history. Comical elements and absurdist humor took off as a modernist art method termed comic-grotesque and Kort’s survey accompanies an exhibition of the theme as it surveys the artists whose works influences the course of German art history. Over a hundred color plates and numerous black and white illustrations pack a fine presentation. Eckhard Hollmann and Juergen Tesch’s A Trick Of The Eye: Trompe L’oeil Masterpieces (3791331639, $35.00) covers the winsome artistic form of “trompe l’oeil”, an artistic illusion form influencing art from Renaissance times to the present day. A Trick Of The Eye focuses on forty paintings by trompe l’oeil masters, presenting them in fine full or double-page spreads, each presented twice: one for reality, the second revealing the visual deception within. From still lives to window views and wall paintings, five centuries of trompe l’oeil painting are distilled into one hard-hitting expose.
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