Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative - the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making it perhaps the most popular subject in the history of painting. Since Giogione's "Sleeping Venus", the first notable female nude in Western painting, artists have focused on the infinite possibilities of the representation of the female body. Featuring full-page illustrations of masterpieces of the genre - from Titian's "Venus of Urbino" to Manet's "Olympia", from Invres' "Large Odalisque" to Lucian Freud's "Naked Girl" - this volume provides a tour of Western society's ever-changing visions of beauty and repose.
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About the Author:
Lidia Guibert Ferrara is a graphic designer teaching at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan.
Frances Borzello is a leading art historian in the field of female portraits and a writer on the social history of art.
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- PublisherThames & Hudson
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0500237972
- ISBN 13 9780500237977
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages128
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