This seductive volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and place: a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Vienesse beau monde, used retouching techniques to create surreal and noir images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glorious styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of a cinema-enthralled Vienna, while an accompanying D.H. Lawrence story enhances the erotic climate of the images.
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Hungarian emigres to Vienna, the Manasses developed a highly successful specialty in erotic photography.
Monika Faber is a curator in the department of drawing and photography in the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna.
Monika Faber is a curator in the department of drawing and photography in the Museum of Modern Art in Vienna.
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This review is from: Divas and Lovers: The Erotic Art of Studio Manasse (Paperback)
This is a strange and lovely collection of vintage erotic photographs. If you're into the whole erotic/fetishist thing, this book won't disappoint; its full of unique, interesting erotic images ranging from the sublime to the macabre. If you're simply into photography, you'll also be pleased with this book, as the reproductions are excellent. I have two copies, one for keeping and one for cutting/collaging. I've also given it as a gift to "artsy" friends who have been equally impressed with this unusual book.
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