The Tears of Eros
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| - | '''''Tears of Eros''''' (French original title: ''Les Larmes d'éros'') is a [[1961]] [[art history]] book by [[Georges Bataille]] in which he explores the relationship between [[visual art]], [[eroticism]], [[Aestheticization of violence|violence]] and [[death]]. Published by [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]], this, his last book, was prefaced by [[J. M. Lo Duca]] (including their correspondence), who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life. | + | | style="text-align: left;" | |
| + | "'''''Tears of Eros''''' is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between [[violence]] and the [[sacred]]. Taking up such figures as [[Gilles de Rais]], [[Erzebet Bathory]], the [[Marquis de Sade]],[[ El Greco]],[[ Gustave Moreau]], [[Andre Breton]], [[Voodoo]] practitioners, and [[Death by a Thousand Cuts|Chinese torture victims]], Bataille reveals their common obsession: [[death]]. | ||
| - | Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by [[City Lights Publishers]] in a translation by [[Peter Connor]]. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of [[José Manuel Capuletti]], "The bottle of the [[Danaides]]", on its cover. | + | This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in ''[[Eroticism (Georges Bataille)|Erotism: Death and Sensuality]]'' and ''[[Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art]]''. In it Bataille examines death-the "[[little death]]" that follows [[sexual climax]], the proximate death in [[sadomasochistic]] practices, and death as part of [[religious ritual]] and [[sacrifice]]." --City Lights blurb |
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| + | "[[Sade and Goya]] lived at about the same time. Sade, locked up in his prisons, sometimes at the extreme edge of madness; [[Goya's deafness|Goya, deaf]] for thirty-six years, locked up in a prison of absolute deafness. The [[French Revolution]] awakened hope in both of them: both men had a pathological loathing of any regime founded on religion. But more than anything else, an obsession with excessive [[pain]] unites them. Goya, unlike Sade, did not associate pain with sensuous pleasure. However, his obsession with death and pain contained a convulsive violence that approximates to eroticism." --''[[The Tears of Eros]]'' (1961) by G. Bataille, Peter Connor translation, p. 132-133 | ||
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| + | '''''Tears of Eros''''' (1961, French ''Les Larmes d'éros'') is an [[art history]] book by [[Georges Bataille]] in which Bataille explores the relationship between [[visual art]], [[eroticism]], [[Aestheticization of violence|violence]] and [[death]]. Published by [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]], this, his last book, was prefaced by [[Joseph-Marie Lo Duca]] (including their correspondence), who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life. | ||
| - | The book features an extended discussion of the dead man of [[Lascaux]]. | + | Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by [[City Lights Publishers]] in a translation by [[Peter Connor]]. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of José Manuel Capuletti, ''[[The Bottle of the Danaides]]'', on its cover. |
| - | City Lights describe the book as: | + | The book features an extended discussion of the [[Shaft of the Dead Man]] of [[Lascaux]] and is infamous for depicting the ''[[Death by a Thousand Cuts (photo)|Death by a Thousand Cuts]]'' photograph. |
| - | :'''''Tears of Eros''''' is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between [[violence]] and the [[sacred]]. Taking up such figures as [[Gilles de Rais]], [[Erzebet Bathory]], the [[Marquis de Sade]],[[ El Greco]],[[ Gustave Moreau]], [[Andre Breton]], [[Voodoo]] practitioners, and [[Death by a Thousand Cuts|Chinese torture victims]], [[Bataille]] reveals their common obsession: [[death]]. | + | |
| - | :This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in ''[[Erotism: Death and Sensuality]]'' and ''[[Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art]]''. In it Bataille examines death-the ""[[little death]]"" that follows [[sexual climax]], the proximate death in [[sadomasochistic]] practices, and death as part of [[religious ritual]] and [[sacrifice]]. | + | ==Selected list of illustrations== |
| + | *[[Poppaea Sabina (School of Fontainebleau)]], c. 1570 | ||
| + | *''[[Woman with Red Lily]]'' [[High Museum of Art]] | ||
| + | *''[[The Triumph of the Phallus]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Portrait of Herod]] by [[Arcimboldo]] [http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/SF1484/erode-by-giuseppe-arcimboldi] | ||
| - | ==References== | + | ==Translations== |
| + | ===Dutch=== | ||
| + | *De Tranen van Eros, translation [[Jan Versteeg]]) | ||
| + | ===English=== | ||
| * Bataille, George Translated ''The Tears of Eros''. Translated by [[Peter Connor]]. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. ISBN 0872862224 | * Bataille, George Translated ''The Tears of Eros''. Translated by [[Peter Connor]]. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. ISBN 0872862224 | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Doodsbesef]] | ||
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"Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Gilles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo practitioners, and Chinese torture victims, Bataille reveals their common obsession: death. This essay, illustrated with artwork from every era, was developed out of ideas explored in Erotism: Death and Sensuality and Prehistoric Painting: Lascaux or the Birth of Art. In it Bataille examines death-the "little death" that follows sexual climax, the proximate death in sadomasochistic practices, and death as part of religious ritual and sacrifice." --City Lights blurb "Sade and Goya lived at about the same time. Sade, locked up in his prisons, sometimes at the extreme edge of madness; Goya, deaf for thirty-six years, locked up in a prison of absolute deafness. The French Revolution awakened hope in both of them: both men had a pathological loathing of any regime founded on religion. But more than anything else, an obsession with excessive pain unites them. Goya, unlike Sade, did not associate pain with sensuous pleasure. However, his obsession with death and pain contained a convulsive violence that approximates to eroticism." --The Tears of Eros (1961) by G. Bataille, Peter Connor translation, p. 132-133 |
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Tears of Eros (1961, French Les Larmes d'éros) is an art history book by Georges Bataille in which Bataille explores the relationship between visual art, eroticism, violence and death. Published by Jean-Jacques Pauvert, this, his last book, was prefaced by Joseph-Marie Lo Duca (including their correspondence), who was a close friend of Bataille towards the end of his life.
Its most recent English edition dates from 1989 by City Lights Publishers in a translation by Peter Connor. Some editions of the German and Dutch translations have the painting of José Manuel Capuletti, The Bottle of the Danaides, on its cover.
The book features an extended discussion of the Shaft of the Dead Man of Lascaux and is infamous for depicting the Death by a Thousand Cuts photograph.
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Selected list of illustrations
- Poppaea Sabina (School of Fontainebleau), c. 1570
- Woman with Red Lily High Museum of Art
- The Triumph of the Phallus
- Portrait of Herod by Arcimboldo [1]
Translations
Dutch
- De Tranen van Eros, translation Jan Versteeg)
English
- Bataille, George Translated The Tears of Eros. Translated by Peter Connor. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1989. ISBN 0872862224
See also
