The Beautiful Boy more books like this

by Germaine Greer

From Adonis and images of St. Sebastian to James Dean and Calvin Klein models, beautiful boys have been quietly admired since the beginning of time. While most agree that women have been depicted as sex objects, Greer's sensational thesis is that the erotic charge of male imagery has been rigorously repressed throughout history.

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Male Nude Now more books like this

by David Leddick

As images of men's bodies have proliferated in pop culture and advertising during the past decade, many artists and photographers have taken up the male nude as a primary subject. Recent work has sparked controversy as well as praise for its shocking frankness, and the line between art and pornography has become increasingly difficult to define. ...

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Adam: The Male Figure in Art more books like this

by Edward Lucie-Smith

A fascinating study of the male nude in art : the image which provokes the most powerful of taboos but which has dominated the history of art for centuries. The myth of Adam, the 1st man, is about passing from the unclothed state of innocence to the clothed state of experience. Adam celebrates the male nude in every medium from the idealized ...

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Naked Men, Too: Liberating the Male Nude, 1950-2000 more books like this

by David Leddick

A remarkable sequel to the Lambda award-winning Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes 1900-1950, Naked Men, Too, exposes the breakthrough nude male photography and art that changed the perception of male beauty. Focusing on the work of influential photographers such as George Platt Lynes, Robert Mapplethorpe, Harriet Leibowitz, and Bruce Weber, author ...

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Man: Photographs of the Male Nude more books like this

by Trevor Watson, Tony Butcher, Za-Hazzanani

Four leading photographers--Trevor Watson, Tony Butcher, Za-Hazzanani, and Toni Catany--combine their talents in this unabashed photographic celebration of the naked male body.

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Marc Bessange more books like this

by Marc Bessange

A young, talented photographer from Paris presents a surprisingly unpretentious and yet highly erotic photographic style.

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Male Trouble: A Crisis in Representation more books like this

by Abigail Solomon-Godeau

Why did the male nude dominate French art through the French Revolution and then largely disappear? In this pioneering book which challenges received ideas about masculinity and neoclassical visual culture, Abigail Solomon-Godeau shows how the masculine ideal, whether in the guise of virile hero or passive youths, then or now, raises important ...

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Drawing the Male Nude more books like this

by Giovanni Civardi

Glance through any collection of masterpieces and you'll discover that artists of every period have devoted much time and talent to portraying the human form. The male nude, in particular is one of the most familiar images in art but one of the more challenging to draw. In this comprehensive manual, Italian artist Giovanni Civardi displays a ...

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In the Studio more books like this

by Tom Bianchi

Eschewing the settings normally associated with his art (outdoors or poolside, on the sand and in the surf), Bianchi has created his most intimate and erotic portrayal of gay men in these revealing 'studio' shots.

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Bondi Work more books like this

by Paul Freeman (Photographer)

BONDI WORK is the third in photographer Paul Freeman's sensational bestselling series of male nude art books. These have been shot in and around Sydney, Australia's Bondi. This volume focuses on the Aussie man in hie blue collar work environment. Over 300 exquisite art photos are printed on 216 pages of fine stock.

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Jack Pierson Desire/Despair: A Retrospective: Selected Works 1985-2005 more books like this

by Richard D Marshall

Like Andy Warhol and Ed Ruscha before him, Jack Pierson expresses himself through a variety of media. Drawn to stardom, melodrama, loneliness, and emotional narrative as subjects for his art, Pierson infuses his work with literal and visual references to lost love, sexual longing, faded glamour, fleeting moments, and sentimental musings.This book ...

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Exposed: A Celebration of the Male Nude from 90 of the World's Greatest Photographers more books like this

by Philip Braham (Editor)

These images of real' men appeal on many levels aesthetic, intellectual, sexual and emotional. Printed four-color throughout, the photographs are glorious and irresistibly eye-catching. Every style and subject is presented, from the black and white documentary style of Michael von Grattenreid to the beautifully lit, almost pornographic 70s ...

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Men in the Sun more books like this

by David Leddick

This exciting collection gives a whole new meaning to "beach reading". Paired with some of the most exciting contemporary photographs of the male nude are reflections paying homage to the beauty, sensuality, and raw masculinity of men by such celebrated writers as Quentin Crisp, Brad Gooch, Alan Helms, Mary Ellen Hannibal, Paul Roche, and David ...

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Joie de Vivre more books like this

by Yves Paradis (Photographer)

From France comes this popular gay photographer using his camera rather as a writer would use words. As French as Renoir's films or Cocteau's drawings, he takes us on a journey through the homoerotic yearnings of Gallic youth. A collection of memories telling what it is like for gay youth growing up and loving life in deepest France -- not ...

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Lust: The Body Politic more books like this

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Rare Flesh more books like this

by David E Armstrong, Clive Barker (Designer)

In the dark recesses of the human imagination lies an erotic potential that is rarely explored. Rare Flesh dares to venture into this taboo territory, pairing Armstrong's stunning male nudes with provocative poetry and prose by Clive Barker. Fans of Barker's best-selling novels and films-from Weaveworld to Hellraiser-are already familiar with ...

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Changing II: Drawings more books like this

by Michael Leonard

A world-classic collection of erotic drawings of the male figure in various stages of undress. Masterful at understanding and depicting the nude male, nothing is overstated yet throughout runs a strong homoerotic current. A hymn to male beauty and a must for every collector of gay art.

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Euros 09 more books like this

by Pedro Usabiaga

For more than ten years he has been considered one of Europe's most respected photographers - Pedro Usabiaga. His style is romantic, melancholic and sensuous Usabiaga's pictures are dreams of a paradise lost. He enshrouds his models, undresses them and catches the right moment to render their beauty immortal.

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Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude more books like this

by Mr. Justin Spring (Introduction by), Arnold Skolnick, Arnold Spring (Introduction by)

The satirical paintings of Paul Cadmus have long overshadowed another aspect of his career-his tender drawings of the male nude. Drawing, Cadmus's true love, is what first led him to become an artist, and it remained an underlying obsession until his death. These works were rarely shown or published, mainly due to their homoeroticism and a ...

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Fully exposed : the male nude in photography more books like this

by Emmanuel Cooper

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 ...

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Thomas Eakins: The Absolute Male Nude more books like this

by John Esten

Taken from collections across the globe, this book features drawings, paintings, and photos of Eakins's male nudes, which showcase the artist's immense and still influential skill in rendering the male form. 50 illustrations.

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The Nude Male: A New Perspective more books like this

by Margaret Walters

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Male Desire: The Homoerotic in American Art more books like this

by Mr. Jonathan Weinberg

This book is a survey of how American artists, particularly male artists, have portrayed the male body for the past two centuries. Beginning with the academic-style painting of Thomas Eakins, through the abstraction of the American avant-garde (Marsden Hartley) during the onset of modernism, to the foucs on the muscular body in the mid-twentieth ...

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The Male Nude in Contemporary Photography more books like this

by Melody D Davis

While nude women are a staple of commercial and art photography, the photographed male nude is often the target of censorship but seldom the subject of serious critical discussion. This is the first study to examine the unique interrelation between social perceptions of the nude and the medium of photography. Melody Davis focuses on the work of ...

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Out of the Studio more books like this

by Tom Bianchi

The unself-conscious and affectionate contact between men that is so startling and so characteristic of Tom Bianchi's photogrpahs speaks to a reality rarely reported in art. His work brings men out of the studio, out of the isolation of the classic male nude, and into the sunlight, into the magic circle of friendship, joy, and life. 88 duotone ...

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