Italian erotica
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Antiquity
Renaissance
- Fig leaf and the Sistine Chapel
- I Modi by Pietro Aretino
- Facetiae by Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini.
17th century
With publication of L'École des filles, France took over from Italy as the center of European erotic literature. France's reign would be long.
Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (7 December 1598 — 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect. In addition he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets.
Working in 17th century Rome, best-known for his marble sculptures the Ecstasy of St Theresa[1], The Rape of Proserpina[2] and the Beata Ludovica Albertoni[3].
18th century
Canova
Antonio Canova (November 1, 1757 - October 13, 1822) was an Italian sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. The epitome of the neoclassical style, his work marked a return to classical refinement after the theatrical excesses of Baroque sculpture.
Casanova
20th century
- Carlo Mollino
- Carlo Mollino: Polaroids - by Fulvio Ferrari, Napoleone Ferrari
Film
- Il diavolo in corpo (1986) - Marco Bellocchio
- Bitter Rice
- Tinto Brass
- Bruno Mattei
- Psychopathia Sexualis in Italian Sinema (1968 - 1972)
Comic books
- Guido Crepax
- Diva Collection (erotic books series)
- Glittering Images (publisher) -
- Milo Manara
