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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822852803321

Autore

Nead Lynda

Titolo

The female nude : art, obscenity, and sexuality / / Lynda Nead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

88-6130-539-3

1-134-97275-X

1-134-97276-8

1-280-32855-X

0-203-13547-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

704.9/424

Soggetti

Female nude in art

Sex in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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?The Female Nude brings together, in an entirely new way, analysis of the historical tradition of the female nude and discussion of recent feminist art, and by exploring the ways in which acceptable and unacceptab