num_pages: 160
description: This seductive volume features a recently rediscovered cache of captivating portraits from another time and a golden age of cinema and cabaret in Vienna of the 1920s and 1930s. The Manasses, a husband-and-wife team from the Vienesse beau monde , used retouching techniques to create surreal and noir images that seethe with an erotic symbolism barely concealed beneath a mask of glorious styling, elegant poses, and extravagant costumes. Photographic historian Monika Faber examines this work as part of the world of a cinema-enthralled Vienna, while an accompanying D.H. Lawrence story enhances the erotic climate of the images.
language: English
title: Divas and Lovers: The Erotic Art of Studio Manasse
titlecomplete: Divas and Lovers: The Erotic Art of Studio Manasse
genres: Art, Photography
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Universe