Book Description
When we think of Berlin in the roaring twenties, many images stream forth, but the most endearing is the of the Alexanderplatz, the heart of nighttime Berlin and the capital of amusement in Europe. With such sensuous history, the Erotic Museum has an appropriate home inBerlin. The collection is vast, recording erotic life from classical antiquity to the body-cult in the late 20th century. This collection of eroticism spans 2,000 years of the history of mankind. In this book, Professor Hans Jurgen Dopp brings together over 400 photogrpahs, objects, prints and paintings of each phase of human life, illustrating how erotic preferences changed throughout the centuries. The Erotic Museum treats eroticism with taste and delicacy thanks to its author, who has written extensively on the art world.
About the author
Hans Jurgen Dopp has taught at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt for a considerable number of years, giving courses on psychoanalytical interpretation and on the cultural history of erotic art. And for some thrity years or more he has in addition been a collector if objects of erotic art himself. That collection has now attained its own considerable celebrity thanks to his publications and his exhibitions.
