{"product_id":"laboratory-of-lust","title":"Laboratory Of Lust By Rops, Felicien","description":"A master of Belgian Symbolism rediscovered! Félicien Rops’s (1833–1898) erotic works remain provocative today – and in the nineteenth century, they transgressed every boundary of art. With a keen eye and a sharp pen, Rops exposed the hypocrisies of the respectable middle class. “I am Rops, and I wish to be no other!” he declared, and adhered to this maxim throughout his life.     The most poisonous berry of Symbolism, a scourge of the bourgeoisie – many terms have been used to describe Rops’s radical art. Celebrated by writers such as Charles Baudelaire and Joris-Karl Huysmans, he was a transgressive figure who deliberately aimed his works against the double standards of bourgeois society. His pictures – representing an absolute highpoint of printmaking and draughtsmanship from the period – invite a critical examination of fin-de-siècle social attitudes, particularly with regard to gender roles.","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57835827822974,"sku":"NW9783777447483","price":26.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/laboratory-of-lust","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}