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

Date

[1957]

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

Tableau de l'amour conjugal / par N. Venette.

Date

1837

Cupids: four examples of the relations between heavenly and profane love. Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

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.

Damayanti deserted in the forest: part of the story of Damayanti and Nala. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

Date

[after 1900] :

Reference

26589i

Love and ethics / by Ellen Key.

Date

1912

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

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

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.

Date

1st May, 1830

Reference

563686i

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

Love factually : the science of who, how and why we love / Laura Mucha.

Date

2019

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

I tuoi seni son grappoli d'uva : la sessualità nella Bibbia / Silvia Guetta Sadun, Andrea Mannucci ; prefazione di Leonardo Trisciuzzi.

Date

1998

Eros and Aphrodite / [Michael Balint].

Date

1965

Eros and transformation : sexuality and marriage an Eastern Orthodox perspective / William Basil Zion.

Date

[1992], ©1992

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.

Date

1991

Reference

668381i

Formen des Eros : Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte der Liebe / [von] Annemarie und Werner Leibbrand.

Date

[1972], ©1972

Love and instinct / Glenn Wilson.

Date

1981

John the Baptist embraces Jesus, whom he has been awaiting. Engraving by G. Rousselet after G. Reni.

Date

1765

Reference

22437i

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.

Date

[1792?]

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

Heart vs mind: what makes us human?

Date

2012

Tropic of Capricorn / Henry Miller.

Date

1964

The shorn Samson is rebuffed by Delilah. Engraving by C. Simonneau after F. Verdier, 1698.

Date

1698

Reference

18455i

Part of

Histoire de Samson

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