The Nude: Ideal and Reality : from Neoclassicism to Today : [painting and Sculpture]

ISBN-10: 8884918324
ISBN-13: 9788884918321
Series: The Nude
Category: Art / History / General
Pages: 303
Language: English
Published: 2004
Publisher: ArtificioSkira
Authors: Paolo Fabbri, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Itália)

Description

The theme of the nude has always exercised a particular fascination on artists and viewers alike, and the representation of the human form has inspired some of the finest works in art history. This volume, which aims to offer a fascinating visual survey of the nude, features over 200 paintings, sculptures, and drawings-often celebrated masterpieces-and examines a period spanning over two hundred years. The book features works by the most important artists of the last two centuries including Canova, Ingres, Courbet, Cézanne, Klimt, Picasso, Magritte, Dalí, Giacometti, Bourgeois, Gormley, Abramovic, Acconci, Beecroft, and Barney.

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