Gottfried Helnwein | PRESSE | Presse internationale | THE LOVER'S COMPANION: ART AND POETRY OF DESIRE.

Two experts in the fields of psychology, art and sex have teamed tip to put together this layered, pleasantly gossipy book. Sullivan, a social psychologist who has edited 10 literature and art anthologies, redacts the writings of the famed Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist. Dividing the book into chapters like "Awareness," "Our Bodies," One-Night Stands" and "Enduring Love," Sullivan pairs a chosen poem with a work of art (mostly paintings of female nudes) and a musing by Dr. Ruth (in a no-nonsense,...


		27. janvier 2003 Publishers Weekly Book Review THE LOVER'S COMPANION: ART AND POETRY OF DESIRE. (Illustrated Books). Publishers Weekly; January 27, 2003 ... paintings of Braque, Dali and Degas, and even an occasional piece of sculpture. Baudelaire's "Giantess" mirrors Gottfried Helnwein' s Lulu, a giantess in garters--other juxtapositions are more of an artistic stretch. As a stimulus to sexual reflection ...


		CHARLES SULLIVAN AND RUTH WESTHEIMER, Abrams, $29.95 (160p) ISBN 0-8109-3491-4 Two experts in the fields of psychology, art and sex have teamed tip to put together this layered, pleasantly gossipy book. Sullivan, a social psychologist who has edited 10 literature and art anthologies, redacts the writings of the famed Dr. Ruth Westheimer, sex therapist. Dividing the book into chapters like "Awareness," "Our Bodies," One-Night Stands" and "Enduring Love," Sullivan pairs a chosen poem with a work of art (mostly paintings of female nudes) and a musing by Dr. Ruth (in a no-nonsense,...


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