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UNINA9910455773103321 |
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Autore |
Nead Lynda |
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Titolo |
The female nude : art, obscenity, and sexuality / / Lynda Nead |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-97276-8 |
1-280-32855-X |
0-203-13547-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (184 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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704.9 |
704.9/424 20 |
704.9424 |
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Soggetti |
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Female nude in art |
Nude in art |
Sex in art |
Women in art |
Visual Arts |
Visual Arts - General |
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-130) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Introduction; FRAMING THE FEMALE BODY; A DISCOURSE ON THE NAKED AND THE NUDE; A STUDY OF IDEAL ART; AESTHETICS AND THE FEMALE NUDE; OBSCENITY AND THE SUBLIME; 'THE DAMAGED VENUS'; THE FRAMEWORK OF TRADITION; THE LESSONS OF THE LIFE CLASS; ART CRITICISM AND SEXUAL METAPHOR; BREAKING OPEN THE BOUNDARIES; REDRAWING THE LINES; SACRED FRONTIERS; PURE AND MOTIVATED PLEASURE; POLICING THE BOUNDARIES; DISPLAYING THE FEMALE BODY; EROTIC ART: A FRAME FOR DESIRE; Notes; Works cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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