Female Nude Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality

Name: Female Nude Art, Obscenity, and Sexuality
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ISBN: 9780415026772

ISBN-10: 0415026776

ISBN-13: 9780415026772

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lynda Mead

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"Anyone who examines the history of western art must be struck by the prevalence of images of the female body. More than any other subject, the female nude connotes 'art'. The framed image of a female body, hung on the walls of an art gallery, is an icon of western culture, a symbol of civilization and accomplishment. But how and why did the female nude acquire this status?" "In recent years, the female nude has received renewed attention from feminist artists and art historians. By examining the dissemination of the high art female nude through art education and the life class, through art publications and the language of art criticism itself, The Female Nude brings together, in an…

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List price: $49.95
Publisher: Routledge
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.06" long
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

List of plates
Introduction	p. 1
Theorizing the Female Nude
Framing the Female Body	p. 5
A Discourse on the Naked and the Nude	p. 12
A Study of Ideal Art	p. 17
Aesthetics and the Female Nude	p. 22
Obscenity and the Sublime	p. 25
Redrawing the Lines
'The Damaged Venus'	p. 34
The Framework of Tradition	p. 43
The Lessons of the Life Class	p. 46
Art Criticism and Sexual Metaphor	p. 55
Breaking Open the Boundaries	p. 60
Redrawing the Lines	p. 70
Cultural Distinctions
Sacred Frontiers	p. 83
Pure and Motivated Pleasure	p. 87
Policing the Boundaries	p. 91
Displaying the Female Body	p. 96
Erotic Art: A Frame for Desire	p. 103
Notes	p. 109
Works cited	p. 122
Index	p. 131
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