"Leda and the Swan," a fresco discovered in a bedroom in Pompeii, shows the mythological Spartan queen and the Roman god Jupiter disguised as a swan. (all images courtesy Archaeological Park of ...

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from ...

Here is the definition of erotic, according to 93-year-old artist Martha Edelheit. “It’s sensual, nonviolent, consensual, warm, inviting, sometimes funny, witty ...