About this title: This is an illustrated history of the male nude in photography from the beginnings of the medium through to the 90s. Through a combination of art criticism and photographic essay, the book addresses the issues and prejudices surrounding representation of the male nude in different cultural and historical contexts. With over 250 photographs by artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Annie Liebovitz, "Fully Exposed" is a study of how western societies react to and seek to control the challenges of the naked male body. Some of the photographers that are featured include: Lea Andrews, Diane Arbus ...
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Edition: 2nd edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge, London and New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780415032803ISBN:0415032806
Description: Original wrappers. Light shelfwear. Very good. 256pp., intro., notes, bib., index. Profusely illust. with b/w photos. Details the use of the male nude photograph in art, science, medicine, anthropological studies, media and its development as an art form, to the present standards of today. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis(Routledge)
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780415032803ISBN:0415032806
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 9.685 by 7.441 inches. Acknowledgements introduction 1. all for art the male nude in the service of art 2. evidence of the real the male nude in science and medicine 3. the `noble savage' imperialism and the colonial experience 4. nakedness in nature naturism, the simple life and nudist photography 5. form not content physique photography, body building and the body beautiful 6. `done in good taste' the nude in newspapers, magazines and advertising 7. private pictures the ... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using DHL or Royal Mail international mail WITH TRACKING NUMBER. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). A pioneering and lavishly illustrated history of the male nude in photography from the beginnings of the medium through to the present. Includes over 250 photographs by artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Annie Liebovitz. read more
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Large. 296 pages, 11 chapters, notes, bibliography, 253 black and white illustrations. very good inside, very light rubbing to extremities. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Unwin Hyman, London
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780044404125ISBN:0044404123
Description: FINE in VERY GOOD+ jacket. Hardback, Large 4to. 256pp, plates, bibliography, index. 1st Edition...............[ CONDITION DETAILS: Tiny bump to bottom corner tip of front cover else an extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy in a lightly edge-creased but otherwise about FINE Dust Jacket (single short closed tear to front flap fold, looks fine in protector) ].......Unless otherwise noted: 1st Edition means First Printing; books are in the original publishers binding; wrappers (present only ... read more
Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). A pioneering and lavishly illustrated history of the male nude in photography from the beginnings of the medium through to the present. Includes over 250 photographs by artists such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Annie Liebovitz. read more
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