Letude Academique by Vignola (4 results)

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 418.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. red cloth with gold lettering, fraying at edges and loose, coming apart at binding, water stains and foxing, contents are clean reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound in dark red cloth. Thick boards with beveled edges. Titles in gold on cover and spine. Large black and white paste-down photograph on the front cover. No date on the title page or copyright page, but at the bottom of page 376, it says, 'fin du Premier volume de l'Etude Academique' Annee 1904-1905.' 380 pages. Numbered 1-380 in order, but seems to be comprised of 16 page booklets here seamlessly bound into a single volume. Each 16 page section begins with a page of text (in French and English) on a theme: L'Esthetique Feminine; L'Ideal dan l'Art; Origine de l'Art; Sentiments Humains; Les Etats d'Ame; Lois Harmoniques; Sensations Humaines; Formules Antiques; and many more. Each section contains black and white photographs of nude models, almost entirely women, but some men, some children, and some groups. Most are posed in studio (with props and backgrounds) but a few are outdoors. This is 'Tome 1' but there is no evidence that there was ever a Tome 2. Page 269/270 is detached but set in place. There is a single page of ads at the front, for other books by the same author - offering the 'Toutes les Femmes' series - Please email with questions or to request photos.

Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First Edition. Unbound housed in separate boxes. Scarce collection of the French academic journal, "L'Étude Académique, a study of the human nude form for artistic and art historical study." Apparently, Henri Matisse referred to this journal and others to study the "conceptualization of the female nude as an erotic spectacle and his use of the arabesque as a signifier of feminine voluptée were in large part shaped by the illustrations and editorials he observed in these journals."(Patricia Briggs, Matisse's Odalisques and the Photographic Académie). The features an analysis of an art historical concept from color to aesthetic to composition and illustrates the pretexts with nude forms of men, women, and young children figures in Classical art poses. Published bi-monthly. Amédée Vignola began as a humorous cartoonist in the 1880s. In 1886, he collaborated with the Moustique de Toulouse, a conservative satirical weekly. At the beginning of the next decade, he moved to Paris, where he mixed with the art world Monmartrois. He later drew vignettes for shadow and puppet theater, including the Grand-Guignol. Collection of unbound journals in eight volumes, sorted into seven cloth boxes [missing volume 7]. Unknown series, uncollated, and numbering, fully illustrated with black and white photography. Text in French, English, and German. Features over 1,500 images and studies of nude figures. Two volumes (two and eight) include clipped images from journals. Some edgewear and evidence of foxing, minor tearing and water damage on selective leaves, otherwise in very good condition. Unbound housed in separate boxes.