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Artists and the public alike have always been fascinated by obscene imagery. The Obscene, however, is difficult to define. One of the earliest interpretations is of Greek origin and argues that the word derives from "ob skene", indicating the space behind the stage or scene. "Off-scene" remains what should be hidden from public view, be it morally questionable, offensive, disgusting or unbearable to look at. This book presents a collection of essays that cast light on some "Scene of the Obscene" in art and visual culture from the Middle Ages to today, taking into consideration the malleable…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Artists and the public alike have always been fascinated by obscene imagery. The Obscene, however, is difficult to define. One of the earliest interpretations is of Greek origin and argues that the word derives from "ob skene", indicating the space behind the stage or scene. "Off-scene" remains what should be hidden from public view, be it morally questionable, offensive, disgusting or unbearable to look at. This book presents a collection of essays that cast light on some "Scene of the Obscene" in art and visual culture from the Middle Ages to today, taking into consideration the malleable nature of socio-cultural assumptions and theoretical reflections on the topic.The contributions focus on historically distinct artistic acts and social sites where established cultural categories and legal norms are violated, with artists and publishers deliberately breaking moral taboos and offending the public taste. They discuss how society reacted to these transregressions and how obscenity and its conceptions shape the face of their respective time.
Autorenporträt
Jessica Ullrich (Dr. phil) ist Lehrbeauftragte an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen. Sie kuratierte diverse Ausstellungen von zeitgenössischer Skulptur und Fotografie. Sie ist Mitglied des Senior Editorial Board von Antennae, Journal for Nature in the Visual Arts , Repräsentantin und Board-Mitglied von Minding Animals Germany und Mitglied von Bündnis für Mensch und Tier, München, ferner von Animalität und Ästhetik Berlin, der Forschungsinitiative Tiertheorie (FiTT), CLAS (Cultural Literary Animal Studies) an der Universität Würzburg und Animals in History, einer von den Universitäten Konstanz, Wien und Zürich getragenen Gemeinschaftsinitiative. Ullrich studierte Kunstgeschichte, Kunstpädagogik und Germanistik in Frankfurt am Main sowie Kultur- und Medienmanagement in Berlin. Sie promovierte zu dem Thema Wachs als ästhetisches Material. Körper und Körperfragmente in der Wachsbildnerei am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts und ihre kulturhistorischen Einflüsse .