Must read books if you are doing a PhD in seductive artworks

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Seduction (CultureTexts)
1.  Seduction (CultureTexts) by Jean Baudrillard
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Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan)
2.  Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar of Jacques Lacan) by Jacques Lacan
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  "Yes, my approach is psychoanalytic, as I believe this is a field that directly deals with the issue of desire"
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The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Other Side of Psychoanalysis Bk. 17
3.  The Seminar of Jacques Lacan: Other Side of Psychoanalysis Bk. 17 by Jacques Lacan
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  "Lacan's theory of the four discourses"
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Knowing Nothing, Staying Stupid: Elements for a Psychoanalytic Epistemology
4.  Knowing Nothing, Staying Stupid: Elements for a Psychoanalytic Epistemology by Dany Nobus
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  "A great bridge towards psychoanalysis in general and Lacan in particular"
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How to Read Lacan
5.  How to Read Lacan by Slavoj Zizek
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  "A great inspiration for those who have to write about Lacan"
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Tony Takitani [DVD]
6.  Tony Takitani [DVD] DVD ~ Issey Ogata
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  "A great example of how clothes seduce people"
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The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics)
7.  The Story of My Life (Penguin Classics) by Giacomo Casanova
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  "Of course, Casanova's diaries are a must"
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The Quadrille of Gender: Casanova's 'Memoirs'
8.  The Quadrille of Gender: Casanova's 'Memoirs' by Francois Roustang
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  "A psychoanalytic study of the most famous seducer"
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The Libertine Reader: Eroticism and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France
9.  The Libertine Reader: Eroticism and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century France by Michael Feher
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  "A libertine reader, including Laclos's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses""
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Manolo Blahnik
10.  Manolo Blahnik by Colin McDowell
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  "Why women like shoes? A lesson from the maestro"
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La séduction: [colloque, Bruxelles, 30 novembre au 2 décembre 1979] (Colloques de Bruxelles)
11.  La séduction: [colloque, Bruxelles, 30 novembre au 2 décembre 1979] (Colloques de Bruxelles) 
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  "Collected essays on seduction. You must learn French, though"
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Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing
12.  Stealing the Mona Lisa: What Art Stops Us from Seeing by Darian Leader
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  "Very enjoyable essay on how art objects can seduce people"
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Compulsive Beauty (October Books)
13.  Compulsive Beauty (October Books) by Hal Foster
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  "Surealists certainly know about seduction"
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Surrealism: Desire Unbound
14.  Surrealism: Desire Unbound by Vincent Gille
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  "Desire though objects"
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The Art Of Seduction
15.  The Art Of Seduction by Robert Greene
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  "One needs to know about these things too!"
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A Lover's Discourse
16.  A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
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  "Inspiring writing, a compromise between the subjective and the objective"
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The Writings of Marcel Duchamp (Da Capo Paperback)
17.  The Writings of Marcel Duchamp (Da Capo Paperback) by Marcel Duchamp
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  "Now, here's a seductive artist"
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Pink: The Exposed Color in Contemporary Art and Culture
18.  Pink: The Exposed Color in Contemporary Art and Culture by Barbara Nemitz
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  "A seductive, double edged colour"
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The Seductions of Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan and Derrida (Cambridge Studies in French)
19.  The Seductions of Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan and Derrida (Cambridge Studies in French) by John Forrester
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  "Not to read literally, but a good introduction altogether"
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Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space
20.  Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space by Brian O'doherty
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  "Do you want to know what happens in that privileged enclosure?"
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Lacan to the Letter: Reading Ecrits Closely
21.  Lacan to the Letter: Reading Ecrits Closely by Bruce Fink
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  "If Lacan appears, Fink must too, as his lucidity akes understanding possible"
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Subjects of Desire: Hegelian Reflections in Twentieth-century France
22.  Subjects of Desire: Hegelian Reflections in Twentieth-century France by Judith Butler
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  "All you need to know to talk about desire, en passant"
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The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
23.  The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) by Mario Perniola
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  "The title is a little misleading but still, this is another perspective on should be aware of"
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The Penguin Freud Reader (Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts)
24.  The Penguin Freud Reader (Penguin Modern Classics Translated Texts) by Sigmund Freud
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  "Lacan without Freud? Here's how psychoanalysis (an essentially seductive practice) came about"
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