![]() ![]() US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote in 1964 that the distinction was intuitive, saying about hard-core pornography which would not be legally protected as erotic art, "I know it when I see it". People may draw a distinction based on the work's intent and message: erotic art would be works intended for purposes in addition to arousal, which could be appreciated as art by someone uninterested in their erotic content. Pornography is not usually considered fine art. ![]() ![]() Ī distinction is often made between erotic art and pornography, which also depicts scenes of sexual activity and is intended to evoke erotic arousal. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines erotic art as "art that is made with the intention to stimulate its target audience sexually, and that succeeds to some extent in doing so". Material that is produced to illustrate sex education may be perceived by others as inappropriately erotic. A sculpture of a phallus in some cultures may be considered a traditional symbol of potency rather than overtly erotic. The definition of erotic art can be subjective because it is dependent on context, as perceptions of what is erotic and what is art vary. ![]()
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