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Through a series of carefully constructed themes, ranging from the boy as passive love object to soldier boys, from the boy under the female gaze to "what is a boy?", Greer opens our eyes and invites us to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, flirtatiousness, spontaneity and vulnerability. Whether discussing sculptures of Cupid of Apollo, paintings by Caravaggio or Van Dyck, and photographs by Nan Goldin or Sally Mann; whether quoting Ovid, Flaubert, Milan Kundera or Eminem; whether describing martyred saints, the dancer Nijinsky or James Dean, Germaine Greer explores the iconic ideal of the beautiful boy, with the aid of more than 200 pictures ranging over the whole history of art.
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'One of the most talked-about art history books ever' --The Independent
`I can say, without let, hindrance or contradiction, that Germaine Greer is the single most influential and memorable human being of the 20th century' --A. A. Gill, The Sunday Times
`A tasty scrapbook of male beauty ... Greer covers a large canvas with broad, bright brushstrokes' --The Literary Review
`A very handsome book full of beautifully reproduced paintings and sculptures from galleries around the world.There's something for everyone: even if the bodies don't turn you on, the pictures are sure to please' --Jenny Diski, The London Review of Books
`An erudite and cheeky celebration of youthful male beauty ... In its puckish, show-off charm, its refusal to take anything for granted, even the unselfconsciousness of its own beauty, Dr Greer has managed to produce a book that is itself distinctly boyish'
--Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Art Newspaper
`I can say, without let, hindrance or contradiction, that Germaine Greer is the single most influential and memorable human being of the 20th century' --A. A. Gill, The Sunday Times
`A tasty scrapbook of male beauty ... Greer covers a large canvas with broad, bright brushstrokes' --The Literary Review
`A very handsome book full of beautifully reproduced paintings and sculptures from galleries around the world.There's something for everyone: even if the bodies don't turn you on, the pictures are sure to please' --Jenny Diski, The London Review of Books
`An erudite and cheeky celebration of youthful male beauty ... In its puckish, show-off charm, its refusal to take anything for granted, even the unselfconsciousness of its own beauty, Dr Greer has managed to produce a book that is itself distinctly boyish'
--Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, The Art Newspaper
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- PublisherThames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 050023809X
- ISBN 13 9780500238097
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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