The female nude : art, obscenity, and sexuality /
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 civilizat...
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1992.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
- Introduction
- Part I. Theorizing The Female Nude
- Chapter 1. Framing The Female Body
- Chapter 2. A Discourse on the Naked and the Nude
- Chapter 3. A Study of Ideal Art
- Chapter 4. Aesthetics and the Female Nude
- Chapter 5. Obscenity and the Sublime
- Part II. Redrawing the Lines
- Chapter 1. 'The Damaged Venus'
- Chapter 2. The Framework of Tradition
- Chapter 3. The Lessons of the Life Class
- Chapter 4. Art Criticism and Sexual Metaphor
- Chapter 5. Breaking Open the Boundaries
- Chapter 6. Redrawing the Lines
- Part III. Cultural Distinctions
- Chapter 1. Sacred Frontiers
- c Chapter 2. Pure and Motivated Pleasure
- Chapter 3. Policing the Boundaries
- Chapter 4. Displaying the Female Body
- Chapter 5. Erotic Art: A Frame for Desire.