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

• Autore: Nead Lynda
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 704.9/424
• Soggetto topico: Female nude in art; Sex in art
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The female nude
• ISBN: 88-6130-539-3; 1-134-97275-X; 1-134-97276-8; 1-280-32855-X; 0-203-13547-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822852803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II