Catalog of an exhibition of the same name held at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, November 24, 2016-March 19, 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-333). Exhibition, 'Battle of the Sexes: Franz von Stuck to Frida Kahlo' : November 24, 2016-March 19, 2017, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, European Union.
Contents:
Battle of the sexes : an approximation / the curators Felicity Korn and Felix Krämer in conversation with Rose-Maria Gropp -- The body as image : art as theatre of the sexes / Andreas Beyer -- Men's fears and women's desires : the battle of the sexes from 1850 to 1950 / Ute Frevert -- Adam and Eve / Katharina Ferus -- Under the spell of the sphinx : Salome and her sisters in the art of the late nineteenth century / Daniel Zamani -- Carnal logic : Franz von Stuck / Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker -- Deadly seduction : the image of the femme fatale around 1900 / Melanie Ulz -- Coitus with octopus : Félicien Rops and the presentation of sexuality around 1900 / Nele Putz -- Jeanne Mammen / Katharina Ferus -- The shock of the real / Ingo Borges -- Whore or saint? The image of women in the works of Edvard Munch / Elena Schroll -- Lust murder and prostitution / Anne Vieth -- Role model in flux : man and woman in the arts of the Weimar Republic / Miriam Halwani -- Lee Miller : "I'd rather take a picture than be one" / Kristina Lemke -- Under the sign of the androgyne : sexuality and gender in surrealist art / Daniel Zamani -- Beauty and the beast : the battle of the sexes in cinema between 1895 and 1945 / Svetlana Svyatskaya.
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