EROTIC OR NOT? SEX IN ART

Art History with a Twist
A new series of lectures by Marcy B. Freedman
Artist and art historian Marcy B. Freedman returns to Hudson Valley MOCA to present a new series of lectures, each of which looks at art from an unusual perspective.
Sunday, February 9, 2020, 3pm
Lecture 3: Erotic or Not? Sex in Art
Jeff Koons was not the first artist to exploit our voyeuristic tendencies! The ancient Romans depicted erotic themes in their statues and murals, Medieval scribes placed sexual drawings in the margins of manuscripts, Renaissance artists found excuses to represent orgies, and Rococco artists satisfied the desires of the aristocracy for titillating imagery. These trends continued into the modern and contemporary eras. Freedman will discuss dozens of artworks that may arouse us – or not!