Sapphic Art

By Hans-Jürgen Döpp

The poetess Sappho did not, in any way, facilitate the relationship between men and women, with her admirable Ode to Aphrodite which celebrates the love and sexuality between two women. With the liberalization of morals, female homosexuality is part of modern society and cannot be ignored. But what does history retain from these practices? How is the love between women appreciated? By infringing on the rules of past societies, how did these women live their particularity and their forbidden sexuality? This difficult exercise, undertaken by Professor Döpp, attempts to explain these censured pleasures, without inclining towards a certain voyeurism.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Parkstone International
• Release date: Jul 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644617793

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Hans-Jürgen Döpp

Sapphic Art

Sappho’s repudiated Love

Contents

List of Illustrations

1. Sappho (Fresco from Pompeii), National Museum of Archaeology, Naples

2. Simon Solomon, Sappho and Erinna in the garden at Mitylene, 1864. Watercolour

3. Otto Schoff, 1925

4. Deveria, romantic lithograph, circa 1830

5. Deveria, romantic lithograph, circa 1830

6. Deveria, romantic lithograph, circa 1830 (detail)

7. Erotic photography of the period, 1880 to 1910

8. Frank von Bayros, 1909

9. The Fisherman, circa 1925

10. Gustave Courbet, The Sleep, 1866

11. Berthomme de Saint-André, 1927

12. Berthomme de Saint-André, 1927

13. Gustav Klimt, Nudes drawings

14. Albert Marquet, circa 1920

15. Hans Pellar

16. Anonymous, 1930

17. Paul Avril, circa 1910

18. Paul Avril, circa 1910

19. Paul Avril, circa 1910

20. Erich Godal (pseudonym), 1936

21. Campa (pseudonym), 1936

22. Henri Monnier, 1830

23. Erotic photography of the period, 1880 to 1910

24. Anonymous, circa 1930

25. Laszlo Boris, 1921

26. Godal (pseudonym), circa 1925

27. Courbouleix, circa 1935

28. Paul Emile Becat, 1948

29. Paul Emile Becat, 1948

30. Gerda Wegener, 1925

31. Gerda Wegener, 1925

32. Otto Kopp, circa 1910

33. Berthomme de Saint-André, 1927

34. Berthomme de Saint-André, 1927

35. Berthomme de Saint-André, 1927

36. Otto Schoff, 1925

37. Otto Schoff, 1925

38. Otto Schoff, 1925

39. Jean-Gabriel Domergue, 1924

Reviews for Sapphic Art

[clifforddorset · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is one of a series of medium-length essays written by Döpp and later published by Parkstone in larger format under the title 'Erotic Fantasy' (2006). Each essay is copiously (and gloriously) illustrated in excellent colour with examples of art intended to compliment the subject matter, and it is mostly these illustrations which accompany the essays in the synoptic work. 'Sapphic Art' is perhaps exceptional in being complemented by many more superbly erotic illustrations from Döpp's collection than its counterpart in the compendium volume, and this makes it a delightful volume celebrating lesbian erotica. It includes paintings, drawings and fin-de-siècle photography, and is a magnificent contribution to the recording of sapphic art.