EGON SCHIELE Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was an Austrian expressionist painter.  Influenced by Gustav Klimt, he mainly created self-portraits and paintings of women.  The works were colorful and angular and infused with sexuality.  He portrayed nude women frequently, often in masturbation…

IL DECAMERON Il Decameron is a collection of 100 stories by Giovanni Boccaccio.  Some of the tales are erotic.  They are told by seven women and three men, who take refuge in a villa outside Florence, over a ten-day period,…