The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form more books like this

by Kenneth Clark

From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.

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The Nude Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist more books like this

by Mark Edward Smith

Figure drawing life classes are a staple of every art school' curriculum, but not every aspiring artist has the opportunity to benefit from such instruction. This book aims to provide the next best thing to an actual life drawing studio. It contains a compilation of traditional life drawing poses and positions revealing nuances of light, shadow, ...

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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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Art Models: Life Nudes for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpting more books like this

by Maureen Johnson, Douglas Johnson

Artists can easily access the human form outside of the studio with this solid pictorial reference. More than 500 crisp photographs portray a diverse set of models in 100 poses - ranging from the classical to the everyday - and show the positions from a variety of angles, including overhead. Exquisitely detailed photos of particular body parts and ...

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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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Drawing the Female Nude more books like this

by Giovanni Civardi

Explores the female nude in a variety of positions and styles. These line drawings provide an anatomically correct guide for artists and for those attempting to master the difficult techniques of life drawing.

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Forbidden Erotica more books like this

by Mark Rotenberg

From bloomers to bikinis: sexy photos since the early days of photography (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Mark Rotenberg was inspired to begin collecting lost and forgotten erotic photographs after he stumbled upon over a thousand very graphic vintage photos in a dumpster in Brooklyn. His collection now tops out at about 95,000 photos ...

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Richard Schmid Paints the Figure: Advanced Techniques in Oil more books like this

by Richard Schmid

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Fantasy Nudes: Techniques in Digital Photography more books like this

by Jim Zuckerman

Computer graphics have opened up vast new visual worlds, and among those who can benefit most are photographers who specialize in depicting the nude human form. The computer is creating a new art form, as revolutionary as the photograph was 160 years ago. Explore all the new methods for changing colors and lighting, adding backgrounds and ...

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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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Atlas of Foreshortening: The Human Figure in Deep Perspective more books like this

by John Cody

A unique visual encyclopedia for artists and illustrators The representation of the human body in deep perspective (foreshortened) is one of the most challenging tasks for any artist or illustrator. This outstanding photographic reference the only one of its kind captures the male and female nude in eighty-four different groups of foreshortened ...

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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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Intimate: Nudes more books like this

by Marc Baptiste (Photographer)

The award-winning and renowned photographer behind the lens of "Beautiful," Marc Baptiste offers readers another very intimate look at women.

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Figure painting in oil more books like this

by Douglas R. Graves

This systematic approach to painting the nude figure in oils provides clear, step-by-step instructions suitable for both beginning and intermediate artists. It opens with a survey of painting materials and then reviews the proportions of the figure and the fundamentals of anatomy. Through a demonstration painted from a plaster cast figure the ...

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Imogen Cunningham on the Body more books like this

by Imogen Cunningham, Richard Lorenz (Text by)

This volume presents an overview of Imogen Cunningham's figure studies dating from 1906 through to 1976, the year of her death. Although the majority of the included photos date from the 1920s and 1930s, her later work in this genre continued to be compelling and provocative. An illustrated essay discusses Cunningham's interest in the human form, ...

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Life Drawing in Charcoal more books like this

by Douglas R. Graves

Innovative method of drawing by tonal masses. Step-by-step demonstrations, with over 200 illustrations, cover foreshortening, drawing the face, and other aspects.

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Andy Warhol Nudes more books like this

by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol created some of the strongest iconic images of this century -- highly public images of everything from Campbell's soup cans and the Empire State Building to Mao and Marilyn Monroe. This book celebrates his art of a more private nature, his representations of the naked human body as paintings, prints and drawings. It includes a group of ...

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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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Painting Portraits, Nudes & Clothed Figures more books like this

by Jan De Ruth

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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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The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell more books like this

by Anthony Palumbo (Text by), David Palumbo (Text by)

With 100 alluring images, this volume is a stunning collection of female fantasy art by renowned artists Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell. Full color.

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Aristide Maillol more books like this

by Bertrand Lorquin

Aristide Maillol was an artist with grand ideas. His beautiful and harmonious sculptures - primarily of the female nude - hark back to the ideals of classical Greek art, stressing the static and monumental qualities of the human form, exquisite in their simplicity. Yet this simplicity also points towards a more modern artistic view, an art which ...

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Nudes more books like this

by Andreas H Bitesnich (Photographer)

Often described as "sculptural", Andreas H. Bitesnich's style of photography embodies clear and impeccably shaped forms, laden with energy, and echoes an almost diagrammatic approach to composition. His models, both male and female, are near incomprehensibly beautiful, powerful and perfect. To Bitesnich, the human body is a complete work of art, ...

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Painting the nude : learning from the masters. more books like this

by Ettore Maiotti

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