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Homoeroticism


 
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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to homoeroticism
Artists studies of naked men
2Artistic studies of nude men
3Strong men
4Studies of naked men
Photographers
5Wilhelm von Gloeden: The men and boys of Sicily
6Wilhelm Plüschow: Young male nudes
7Paul Cadmus (1904–1999)
8Herb Ritts: Fred with tires and chains
9George Platt-Lynes: Celebration of the male form
10Robert Mapplethorpe: Black bodies

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