The nude in American painting, 1950-1980

Author

McCarthy, David

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

63 ill., bibliogr., index ; xii, 253 p. ; 1998

ISBN

0-521-59316-6

Publisher

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Focuses on selected nudes by seven noted American painters : Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann, Sylvia Sleigh, Joan Semmel, Philip Pearlstein, Neil Welliver and Alfred Leslie. Examines the complex range of issues and ideas associated with the nude in postwar American culture.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Nude
• Iconography
• Painting
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Pearlstein, Philip, b.1924
• Leslie, Alfred, b.1927
• Semmel, Joan, b.1932

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Nu
• Iconographie
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Pearlstein, Philip, n.1924
• Leslie, Alfred, n.1927
• Semmel, Joan, n.1932

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990701-00209266

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