Silent Partners Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish

Name: Silent Partners Artist and Mannequin from Function to Fetish
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ISBN: 9780300208221

ISBN-10: 0300208227

ISBN-13: 9780300208221

Edition: 2014

Authors: Jane Munro

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The articulated human figure made of wax or wood has been a common tool in artistic practice since the 16th century. Its mobile limbs enable the artist to study anatomical proportion, fix a pose at will, and perfect the depiction of drapery and clothing. Over the course of the 19th century, the mannequin gradually emerged from the studio to become the artist’s subject, at first humorously, then in more complicated ways, playing on the unnerving psychological presence of a figure that was realistic, yet unreallifelike, yet lifeless. Silent Partners locates the artist’s mannequin within the context of an expanding universe of effigies, avatars, dolls, and shop window dummies. Generously…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 11/25/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 0.94" wide x 1.13" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 3.872
Language: English