Naked : the nude in America

Author

Dijkstra, Bram.

Title

Naked : the nude in America / Bram Dijkstra.

Format

Book

Published

New York : Rizzoli, 2010.

Description

476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 26 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 470) and index.

Contents

• 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

Surveys the history of the nude in American art, photography, and popular culture.

Kinsey subjects

Nudes in art.
Art--United States.
Nudes in photographs.

ISBN

9780847833665 (hbk.)
0847833666 (hbk.)