Cecile Beurdeley L’Amour Bleu (1994 reprint of the 1977 first U.S Edition)
L’Amour Bleu, Cecile Beurdeley’s large format, stunningly illustrated commentary on the history of the representation of homosexuality in Western art and literature. From Ancient Greece to the late 1970s, L’Amour Bleu draws together myriad references, including historical records, social commentary, creative literature, as well as ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. The fascinating collection of historical texts embraces a vast field encompassing mythological, fictional and actual historical personalities, from Aristophanes, Plato, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe, Rimbaud, Wilde, Proust, Cocteau and Gide, to Michelangelo, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Demut and many more.
Large format, 35 cm x 27.5 cm (13.75" x10.75") with 304 pages of very substantial stock, and illustrated profusely throughout. The book is divided into seven chronological periods, and includes a selected bibliography.
Author: Cecile Beurdeley
Title: L'AMOUR BLEU
Publisher: Evergreen
Publication Date: 1994 reprint of the 1977 first U.S. edition
Binding: Hardcover; beige cloth-covered boards with blue titles
Pagination: 304pp - 290 Illustrations, 40 in Color.
Book Condition: Very good to near fine.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. short tear to rear panel of the dust-jacket. Other wise a very good example.
ISBN: 3-8228-9031-6
Stock Number: RB00792
L’Amour Bleu, Cecile Beurdeley’s large format, stunningly illustrated commentary on the history of the representation of homosexuality in Western art and literature. From Ancient Greece to the late 1970s, L’Amour Bleu draws together myriad references, including historical records, social commentary, creative literature, as well as ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. The fascinating collection of historical texts embraces a vast field encompassing mythological, fictional and actual historical personalities, from Aristophanes, Plato, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe, Rimbaud, Wilde, Proust, Cocteau and Gide, to Michelangelo, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Demut and many more.
Large format, 35 cm x 27.5 cm (13.75" x10.75") with 304 pages of very substantial stock, and illustrated profusely throughout. The book is divided into seven chronological periods, and includes a selected bibliography.
Author: Cecile Beurdeley
Title: L'AMOUR BLEU
Publisher: Evergreen
Publication Date: 1994 reprint of the 1977 first U.S. edition
Binding: Hardcover; beige cloth-covered boards with blue titles
Pagination: 304pp - 290 Illustrations, 40 in Color.
Book Condition: Very good to near fine.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. short tear to rear panel of the dust-jacket. Other wise a very good example.
ISBN: 3-8228-9031-6
Stock Number: RB00792
L’Amour Bleu, Cecile Beurdeley’s large format, stunningly illustrated commentary on the history of the representation of homosexuality in Western art and literature. From Ancient Greece to the late 1970s, L’Amour Bleu draws together myriad references, including historical records, social commentary, creative literature, as well as ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting and photography. The fascinating collection of historical texts embraces a vast field encompassing mythological, fictional and actual historical personalities, from Aristophanes, Plato, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Goethe, Rimbaud, Wilde, Proust, Cocteau and Gide, to Michelangelo, Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Demut and many more.
Large format, 35 cm x 27.5 cm (13.75" x10.75") with 304 pages of very substantial stock, and illustrated profusely throughout. The book is divided into seven chronological periods, and includes a selected bibliography.
Author: Cecile Beurdeley
Title: L'AMOUR BLEU
Publisher: Evergreen
Publication Date: 1994 reprint of the 1977 first U.S. edition
Binding: Hardcover; beige cloth-covered boards with blue titles
Pagination: 304pp - 290 Illustrations, 40 in Color.
Book Condition: Very good to near fine.
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. short tear to rear panel of the dust-jacket. Other wise a very good example.
ISBN: 3-8228-9031-6
Stock Number: RB00792
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