{"product_id":"the-first-homosexuals-the-birth-of-a-new-identity-1869-1939","title":"The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity 1869-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/phaidon-logo-desktop.svg?v=1774553229\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"heading-h3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"heading-h3\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"product-description-accordion\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Erudite and sumptuous’ –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking, global survey of queer art, featuring more than 300 artworks made following the introduction of the term ‘homosexual’ in 1869\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unprecedented and historic new book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Homosexuals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the evolution of the homosexual identity through an archive of more than 300 paintings, drawings, sculptures, prints, photographs, and film stills from around the world – many presented in a queer, global, and colonial context for the first time. Accompanying the works are twenty-two original, insightful essays by leading experts in art and queer history, each focusing on one geographical region – from Japan to Australia to the Indigenous populations of South America. Ranging from well-known masterpieces to works by unknown artists and pieces rarely considered in the context of sexuality,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe First Homosexuals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers a stunning and illuminating look at the first self-consciously queer art. The book accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition of the same name presented at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"heading-h3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"chevron\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"product-author-accordion\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"richtext\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan David Katz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Associate Professor of Practice in the History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, curator of ‘The First Homosexuals’ at Wrightwood 659 Gallery in Chicago, and author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout Face: Stonewall, Revolt, and New Queer Art\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2024) and co-editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmos Badertscher Images and Stories \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2025), both published by Monacelli.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"heading-h3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"panel\" id=\"product-specs-accordion\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"content\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e292mm x 241mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e368\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e350\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrand:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMonacelli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"isbn\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e9781580936934\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatured artists include Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Oscar Wilde, Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, Félix Vallotton, Harriet Hosmer, Katsushika Hokusai, Kitagawa Utamaro, Frederic Leighton, Simeon Solomon, Giovanni Boldini, Jacques-Émile Blanche, Berenice Abbott, Clare Atwood, Duncan Grant, Laura Rodig, Carl van Vechten, Beauford Delaney, Anna Klumpke, Sarah Bernhardt, Walter Sickert, Florence Carlyle, Florence Wyle, Frances Loring, Ottilie Roederstein, Florine Stettheimer, Nasta Rojc, Glyn Philpot, Romaine Brooks, Ismael Nery, Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, Roberto Montenegro, María Izquierdo, Emilio Baz Viaud, Konstantin Somov, Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret, Alice Austen, Emilie Mundt, Bertha Wegmann, Thomas Anshutz, Marsden Hartley, Charles Demuth, Marie Laurencin, Gerda Wegener, Lili Elbe, Gregorio Prieto, Jorge Larco, Pavel Tchelitchew, Andrey Avinoff, Gustave Courtois, Carlos Baca-Flor, Gustave Moreau, Henry Scott Tuke, Sascha Schneider, Ludwig von Hofmann, Max Oppenheimer, Eugène Jansson, Osmar Schindler, George Platt Lynes, Agnes Goodsir, Tamara de Lempicka, Pedro Lira, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Ladislav Mednyánszky, F. 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