Naked : the nude in America
- Author
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Dijkstra, Bram.
- Title
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Naked : the nude in America / Bram Dijkstra.
- Format
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Book
- Published
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New York : Rizzoli, 2010.
- Description
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476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 26 cm.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 470) and index.
- Contents
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- Developing the myth of feminine dependency
- From Hercules to Superman
- The "new" woman : fading flower or scourge of nature?
- The dangerous incursion of physical reality
- Retreat to the dream
- The sexual geography of the human body
- Discovery of the pubes
- The socio-cultural dimension
- Modernism and the anti-classical body aesthetic
- The subconscious and the nude
- Invasion of the Pin-up queens
- The inexorable rise of the breast
- Art, prurience, pop, or porn?
- Naked trends and enduring traditions.
- Summary
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Surveys the history of the nude in American art, photography, and popular culture.
- Kinsey subjects
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Nudes in art.
Art--United States.
Nudes in photographs.
- ISBN
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9780847833665 (hbk.)
0847833666 (hbk.)