Clark: The Nude: A Study In Ideal Form (cloth) (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts) - Softcover

Clark, K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691097925 ISBN 13: 9780691097923

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1992

Synopsis

From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.

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Review:

"The simple and often quite beautiful statement of a man of letters . . . [in] a book which is as much a pleasure to read as it is informative and provocative."--The New York Times

"A feminist critique of a male (and Western) view of the Tantric tradition [and also] a balanced reassessment of a tradition too long misunderstood."--Parabola

"Probably no one else alive today writes about art with Sir Kenneth's precise combination of intelligence, urbanity, and erudition. . . . This is an important book and a fascinating one, and the illustrations do much to illuminate it."--The New Yorker

Synopsis:

Sir Kenneth Clark offers an historical and critical appraisal of the role of nude figures in the portrayal of beauty, energy, pathos and ecstasy in classic and Renaissance art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0691097925
• ISBN 13: 9780691097923
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 583