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Animerotics: A Forbidden Cabaret in 26 Acts
by David Delamare
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Collectors Press (2001-05-21)
ISBN: 1888054514
EAN: 9781888054514
Dewy Decimal #: 709
Paperback: 64 pages
Condition: New
Comments: 2001, 1st American Edition, Paperback, Book is in Unused Condition. Uncut pages! Book is completely intact with inside pages in Excellent condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) Fast Service. Books well packed and mailed USPS with Delivery Confirmation.
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
In 1894 wealthy eccentric Alphonse Zukor shocked European society by mounting an illegal underground cabaret-an alphabetic series of erotic acts featuring beautiful nude women and exotic animals. The bizarre performances changed the world by attracting and influencing such luminaries as Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud, and Igor Stravinsky. In this lavish volume, artist David Delamare deftly recreates each of the cabaret's darkly alluring show cards. A living mermaid, a fire breathing tiger tamer, the knife throwing Donatello twins, and a Houdini-inspired escape from an octopus tank are just a few of the twenty-six seductive acts captured in these sensual sepia tone paintings. An expert showman, Delamare spins a fantastical tale of creative obsession and singular vision to lure audience members into his own smoky kaleidoscopic world. At curtain's close they are left wondering whether they've witnessed an actual slice of history or an artist's sleight of hand.
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Customer Reviews
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Not so fantastic
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-03-06
0 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was very disappointed when i got this book(let).
The most detailed (and maybe the most erotic) art in this book is the one you see on the front cover.
Most drawings (of total 26) wouldnt be worth printing if they werent a part of the collection.
Nice book design but very poor content.
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Wonderfully wierd
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-03-13
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This type of stuff is right up my alley, personally. And it is one of the rare art books in which the text is as fascinating as the artwork itself. What a wierd and original story . This creative team have invented their own type of erotic circus and its amazing underground exisitence that leads you into a haunting and intriguing world. It is fiction but it s not so far fetched that you don't have fun imagining, "What if?"
If you like circus life, the book Geek Love and the darker side of human behavior, you will find this book just astonishing.
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Erotic women & exotic animals
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-02-05
4 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Wealthy eccentric Alphonse Zukor produced an illegal underground cabaret mixing erotic women with exotic animals in the late 1800s: David Delamare's Animerotics recreates the cabaret's alluring show cards, using sepia tone paintings to capture these erotic fantasy images. Delamare's art is deftly portrayed in these oversized, full-page photos.
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A visually stunning and uniquely rendered tale.
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-12-14
6 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
Animerotics, by David Delamare and Wendy Ice, dwells in that rare nexus between history and imagination. Richly illustrated with sepia-toned color plates by Delamare, we are given a glimpse into the world of the highly eccentric and instantly endearing Alphonse Zukor, underground vaudevillian and seeker of curious pleasures.Set in Edwardian Europe, Zukor's dream is to produce a cabaret act that combines his passions for exotic animals, burlesque women and the alphabet. The product of a misunderstood visionary, his quest finds trouble wherever it lands, while historic and literary figures from George Bernard Shaw to the Marquess of Queensbury become entangled in the dragnet. Animerotics seamlessly blends the real with the fantastic in a story powerfully told in words and masterfully brought to life in paintings.
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