"This is a daring and provocative study of the historical conception of "pornography" and, in particular, of its relation to questions which have helped define art since its beginnings: the antagonism between painting and sculpture, the representation of female sexuality, the deeper implications of sexuality and subjectivity for art and its history, and the struggle between art and photography. Reading Art/Porn clarifies why we often are so moved and impassioned by art. After it, we may never again view art or pornography in the same way.'

Eduardo Cadava, Princeton University

[Art/Porn] sparkles with fresh ideas ... it is lavishly illustrated and can be recommended to anyone interested in the historical context of the fuzzy boundary between erotic art and pornography.

Gustav Jahoda, University of Strathclyde, for Metapsychology

Dennis takes the reader on a journey from the ancient world to modernity along a line of thinking that extends beyond what does or does not constitute pornography. The recapping of key themes without undue repetition, makes for an informative and accessible text that illuminates the history of visuality while verifying its extant investment in the present.

David Prescott-Steed, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies