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  • The direction of human development : biological and social bases / M.F. Ashley Montagu.

    • Montagu, Ashley, 1905-1999.
    Date
    [1957]
    • Books
  • A closed red tulip pointing towards a white rose in full bloom representing 'Love Question No 54', a message about the possible outcomes of love-making including STD's and HIV; one of a series of safe sex AIDS prevention advertisements by Folkhälsoinstitutet, RFSU and RFSL. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.

    Date
    [1995?]
    Reference
    676357i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Tableau de l'amour conjugal / par N. Venette.

    • Venette, Nicolas, 1633-1698
    Date
    1837
    • Books
  • Cupids: four examples of the relations between heavenly and profane love. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

    • Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609.
    Date
    [between 1670 and 1679?]
    Reference
    11621i
    Part of
    Paintings by Annibale Carracci in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome. Etchings by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Damayanti deserted in the forest: part of the story of Damayanti and Nala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906.
    Date
    [after 1900] :
    Reference
    26589i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Love and ethics / by Ellen Key.

    • Key, Ellen, 1849-1926.
    Date
    1912
    • Books
    • Online
  • A naked man leaning back on his arms with his eyes closed as another naked man leans into him while nestling his head in his neck; with the message in German: 'Protection from love. Let us give AIDS no chance'; an advertisement for safe sex by the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Ogilvy & Mather Medical and Peter Baumann of Hollywood Ges. m.b.H.

    Date
    [between 1990 and 1999]
    Reference
    675282i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A red heart broken in two with two speech bubbles: "l'amour?" and "Parlons-en!" with scattered fragments of random images below including a mouth and a man holding a gun; a reminder for the young to talk about love [to prevent the spread of AIDS] by the Office Municipal de la Jeunesse Aubervilliers. Colour lithograph, 1993.

    Date
    1993
    Reference
    672431i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A young woman in love clasps her hands against her heart; representing the sense of touch. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds, 1830, after C.-M. Dubufe.

    • Dubufe, Claude-Marie, 1790-1864.
    Date
    1st May, 1830
    Reference
    563686i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A couple hugging representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Colour lithograph by Luis Cardosa, ca. 1996.

    Date
    [1996?]
    Reference
    678768i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Love factually : the science of who, how and why we love / Laura Mucha.

    • Mucha, Laura
    Date
    2019
    • Books
  • A white telephone advertising AIDS counselling services offered by health authorities and voluntary organizations; with the message "AIDS does not come from flirting". Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen, 199- for AIDS-Koordination NRW.

    Date
    [between 1990 and 1999]
    Reference
    673619i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • I tuoi seni son grappoli d'uva : la sessualità nella Bibbia / Silvia Guetta Sadun, Andrea Mannucci ; prefazione di Leonardo Trisciuzzi.

    • Guetta Sadun, Silvia.
    Date
    1998
    • Books
  • Eros and Aphrodite / [Michael Balint].

    • Balint, Michael.
    Date
    1965
    • Books
  • Eros and transformation : sexuality and marriage an Eastern Orthodox perspective / William Basil Zion.

    • Zion, William Basil, 1931-
    Date
    [1992], ©1992
    • Books
  • A pink heart dreaming of love, faithfulness, and health in the face of epidemic illness from AIDS among gay men. Colour lithograph after M. Dubnický, 1991.

    • Dubnický, Milan.
    Date
    1991
    Reference
    668381i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Formen des Eros : Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte der Liebe / [von] Annemarie und Werner Leibbrand.

    • Leibbrand-Wettley, Annemarie, 1913-
    Date
    [1972], ©1972
    • Books
  • Love and instinct / Glenn Wilson.

    • Wilson, Glenn D. (Glenn Daniel)
    Date
    1981
    • Books
  • John the Baptist embraces Jesus, whom he has been awaiting. Engraving by G. Rousselet after G. Reni.

    • Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.
    Date
    1765
    Reference
    22437i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • The effects of love : being a true copy of verses, supposed to be written by Janet Parker, a young woman about 24 years of age, in Sandgate, in Newcastle upon Tyne, who hanged herself on Monday last, the 13th of February, 1792, for the loss of her sweetheart; and this was found wrapped up in a letter near the place where the melancholy affair happened.

    • Parker, Janet, -1792
    Date
    [1792?]
    • Ephemera
  • A comparative advertisement for the benefits of Stimorol chewing gum and condoms featuring a figure standing far left blowing a bubble with one foot resting against the picture border; he looks out at a landscape featuring an eye, a lake, a volcano spurting out hearts with two people running towards each other, and a pair of lips; with a packet of 'stimorol' chewing gum next to a condom in the sky. Colour lithograph.

    Date
    [between 1990 and 1999]
    Reference
    675069i
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • Heart vs mind: what makes us human?

    • Malone, David.
    Date
    2012
    • Videos
  • Tropic of Capricorn / Henry Miller.

    • Miller, Henry, 1891-1980
    Date
    1964
    • Books
  • The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

    • Verdier, François, 1651-1730.
    Date
    1698
    Reference
    18455i
    Part of
    Histoire de Samson
    • Pictures
    • Online
  • A purple heart within an upside-down heart that could also resemble a man's genitals; the heart is pierced by a black spike coming in from the right spilling blood-like fluid; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Ouka Lele, ca. 1995.

    Date
    [1995?]
    Reference
    676004i
    • Pictures
    • Online
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