The nude in art

Author

Beckett, Wendy

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Modern painters. 1989, Num. 1, Vol. 2, p. 116

ISSN

0953-6698

Abstract (en)

Study of the erotic and affective sensibilities of 13 male artists (11 painters and two sculptors) on the basis of their treatment of the female nude. The reviewer finds that the author overlooks and uses the art in the interests of reconstructing the artists' sexual histories.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945
• Nude
• Painting
• Sculpture
• 1900-2000
• Iconography
• Sexuality
• Artists
• Art

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945
• Nu
• Peinture
• Sculpture
• 1900-2000
• Iconographie
• Sexualité
• Artistes
• Art

Review of

19920701-00428807

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00428808

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