- Title :
-
Pictorial prostitution : visual culture, vigilantism, and 'pornography' in Dunton's Night-Walker
- Author :
- TURNER, James Grantham ;
- Publication year :
-
1999
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Explores the recurrent literary topos of the brothel masquerading as a culturally respectable if mildly erotic gallery of paintings, tracing its migration between various genres that might historically be called 'pornographic.' Focuses on the ostensibly factual publication, The Night-Walker by John Dunton, which constructs a dual persona of libertine and gentleman. Considers the portrait in Restoration narratives of prostitution. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 3 ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ; 5304C01 - 1400-1800 ; Peinture et arts graphiques ; Peinture et dessin ; 530-IV - 1400-1800 ;
- French keywords :
- Bordel ; Dunton, John, 1659-1733 ; Galerie de peintures ; Grande-Bretagne ; Iconographie ; Libertins ; Littérature ; Night-Walker ; Peinture ; Pornographie ; Portrait ; Prostituées ; Restauration (Grande-Bretagne: 1660-1688) ; 1600-1800 ;
- Descriptors :
- Brothels ; Dunton, John, 1659-1733 ; Great Britain ; Iconography ; Libertines ; Literature ; Night-Walker ; Painting ; Painting galleries ; Pornography ; Portraits ; Prostitutes ; Restoration (Great Britain: 1660-1688) ; 1600-1800 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Studies in eighteenth-century culture, 1999, 28
- INIST identifier :
- 24837619 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0360-2370 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Colleagues Press, Lansing, MI
- Publisher country :
- UNITED STATES ;
