Exposed: The Victorian Nude

Exposed: The Victorian Nude
ISBN-10
1854373722
ISBN-13
9781854373724
Series
Exposed
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Author
Tate Britain

Description

The apogee of High Culture, or an assault on public morality? The representation of the nude figure was one of the most contraversial issues in Victorian art. This publication surveys the full range of Victorian representations of the nude, both male and female concentrating on painting, sculpture and drawing, but also exploring the artistic depiction of the naked body in other media, both high and low, including photography, popular illustration, advertizing imagery and caricature, foregrounding issues of morality, sexuality and desire that remain relevant in the 21st century.

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