Cane and eroticism

Article by Delia Morgan "The Ivied Rod:

[Gender and the Phallus in Dionysian Religion]", May 2000

Cameron Kippen, Curtin Universty of Technology, Perth WA,

[The History of Boots]

Petrarch, Canzoniere, Sonnet XVII

Projet Gutenberg. Works of François Villon, in French:

[http://www.gutenberg.org/]

François Villon, Excerpt from "Testament", Ballad of the beautifull Haulmière, English translation by (c)Jeay and Garay :

[http://mw.mcmaster.ca/]

François Villon, Excerpt from "Testament", Ballad of the dead ladies , English translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882):

[http://faculty.stonehill.edu/]

Segas Gellery leaflet dedicated to the Atelier of the Sculptor Dominikus Stainhart.

Catherine de Medici by Honoré de Balzac (translation K.P. Wormeley)

Website [WorldWideSchool]

Biography of Nostradamus, reconstitution by Robert Benazra, Ed. Ramkat:

Website "[Encyclopedia Hermetica]"

Michel de Montaigne, The Essay, preface by André Gide, Gallimard & Librairie Générale Française, Paris 1965

Etienne de La Boetie, Discourse on volontary servitude -1576-. Editions La Boétie, original publishing 1947 Bruxelles, number 1587.

Alexandre Dumas, The three musketeers, the Gutenberg project website

[http://www.gutenberg.org/]

Louis XIII portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, Val de Grâce

Molière, Gutenberg project website

the [Tartuffe]

Novels and stories of Jean de La Fontaine, "How spirit comes to girls" - before 1665, Garnier Frères Libraires Editeurs, Paris 1875.

La Fontaine by Jean Orieux, Flammarion Editeur Paris 1976.

Biography of Agrippa d'Aubigné

Website [biblioweb]

Rubens The Union of Earth and Water ca. 1618; Oil on canvas, 222.5 x 180.5 cm; Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Web Museum Baroque in Europe

[Site ibiblio.org]

Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a earring, huile sur toile 16x23 Meisje met de parel) c.1665-1667 oil on canvas 46.5 x 40 cm. Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of Louis XIV, 1701 Oil on canvas, 279 x 190 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris Rigaud, Hyacinthe (b. 1659, Perpignan, d. 1743, Paris)

Louis XIV par Louis Bertrand, Paris 1923, Arthème Fayard et Cie Editeurs.

History of high heels by Wingett

[History1.htm]

Honoré de Balzac, Ernest Mignon, A Full-Length Portrait of Monsieur De La Briere.

Francine Machecourt the History of Costume, Louis XIV, 1643 - 1715, first part of the reign

[Louisquatorze]

[Saint-simon]

Duc de Saint-Simon "The court of Louis XIV" - 1699 - Nelson Editeur, Paris New York Edimbourg, ca 1930.

Duc de Saint-Simon "Mémoires" Excerpt 1699, La Renaissance du livre Ed. Mignot Editeur, Paris ca 1920.

Mémoires of the Duc de St Simon, in English, Fordham, The Jesuit University of New York.

"The Politics of Pleasure: Partying in the Gardens of Versailles" by Robin Eimlin, Rick Steves Europe Website,

[Menus plaisirs]

The main cases in our history, Directed by Henri Robert, Paris 1928, Payot

the secret of the Brinvillier by Armand Draviel, The Sphinx collection, Editions de la Nouvelle revue critique, Paris 1931.

Virtual exhibition "Incroyables and Merveilleuses", Segas Gallery 2005

"Even today the Libertine represents a subversive counter-culture". By Hans-Roland Johnsson, Translated by Phil Holmes, in Axess magazine:

[Sex through the ages]

Roger Vailland, Outlines for a portrait of the true libertine, Jacques Haumont Publisher, Paris 1946.

Revue Aladin, Dossier "Sexe and collections", Paris 2000

The five senses of Eros, by Carlo Ferrero, translation from Italian "Eros in tutti sensi", translated and adapted by Michel Beauvais; Arnoldo Mondadori Editore s.p.a., Milan 1988 original publishing, Editions Solar, Paris 1988 for the French publishing.

"La prosa dal Carducci ai contemporanei", Giovanni Getto e Folco Portinari, Petrini Torino 1960.

Comments about d'Annunzio "GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO (1863-1938)"

Website [http://www.itcbz.it/]

Excerpt in Italian of "Love verses", Spring sonnet by Gabriele d'Annunzio:

website [LibroMania]

Marcel Duchamp "Nude descending a staircase", Oil on canvas 146x89; Philadelphia Museum of Art :

[http://www.beatmuseum.org/]

Gabriel Antoine Jogand, said Léo Taxil, "The golden age of brothels"

Secret museums -1930

"Ferocious lady plays" TACO Publishing

"Masochism in sex and society", by Dr. Theodor Reik, originally published as Masochism in modern man, translated from German into English by Margaret H. Beigel and Gertrud M. Kurth, Grove Press Inc. New York 1941.

The love to rebuild, "Bare bodies less bare than ever" Bill brandt, Special issue Planète 1971.

The masks of Eros, "Erotic curiosa collectibles" J.P. Bourgeron, Editions de l'Amateur, 1985

The cane work of art by Catherine Dike and Guy Bezzaz, Paris, Éditions de l'Amateur, 1988.

Toulouse Lautrec, Print for the Moulin Rouge, La Goulue

Corkscrew curiosa with erotic handle, sale by Rieunier associés:

[http://www.rieunier-associes.com/]

Larousse of the XX Century, published 1929.

Encyclopédie Universalis, Published 1971

[Encyclopedia Britannica]

Wikipedia encyclopedia website, in particular the articles dedicated to the following words, chronology or characters:

[Phallus]

[Richelieu]

[Modeste_Mignon]

[Catherine de Medicis]

[Charles IX]

[Montaigne]

[Louis XIII]

[Louis XIV]

[spanking]

[Dada]

We could have cited many other writings and other sources, which contributed to feedthe substance of this exhibition.