Author: DIJKSTRA, BRAM
Title: Naked : the nude in America / Bram Dijkstra
Description: New York : Rizzoli 2010. First Edition. 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 476 pages; Description; 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 26 cm. Summary; Surveys the history of the nude in American art. photography. and popular culture. Contents; Developing the myth of feminine dependency -- From Hercules to Superman -- The 'new' woman : fading flower or scourge of nature? -- The dangerous incursion of physical reality -- Retreat to the dream -- The sexual geography of the human body -- Discovery of the pubes -- The socio-cultural dimension -- Modernism and the anti-classical body aesthetic -- The subconscious and the nude -- Invasion of the Pin-up queens -- The inexorable rise of the breast -- Art. prurience. pop. or porn? -- Naked trends and enduring traditions. Subjects; Nude in art. Art. American. Photography--United States--History. Erotic art--United States. Outsider art--United States. Nude in art. American art. United States--Moral conditions.Weight in Kg appr.:

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