屁股博物館

by Mark Small, 蔡宜真 (Translator)

第一本（出現最多）關於博物館內的屁股的書！
史上最棒屁股賞析旅程，改變你觀看藝術的角度。

眾神的屁股、魔鬼的屁股、美人魚的屁股、
畫了五線譜的屁股、乍看不是屁股但仔細看是屁股的屁股……
本書展示大量屁股，附上趣味解說，
以不同視角（通常是從背面）欣賞藝術，順便聊點藝術史。
從史前的緊翹豐臀、文藝復興的華麗屁股，到當代藝術的抽象屁股，
英國文化遺產專家蒐羅、比較和評論世界各地博物館中最棒、最精緻的屁股，
以厚顏無恥的視角與獨特觀點，探討美學層面與作品背後的故事，
思考哪些屁股會被展示？如何展示？又訴說了什麼故事？

在這趟充滿屁股與藝術之旅中，你將觀賞到：

◎因為太漂亮而被逐出大教堂的魔鬼屁股
◎全球最巨大的天使屁屁
◎被菜刀揮砍過的屁屁
◎被複製數十億座的羅馬皇帝的男朋友的屁股
◎滿滿都是屁股的超狂畫作
◎去知名博物館必須看到的三個屁股

穿梭世界各地博物館、畫廊、展覽館等文化空間，
欣賞美麗的屁股，聽有趣的故事，
以全新的心情與方式了解藝術。

Genres: Nonfiction, Art, History, Humor

Published June 3, 2024

Reviews

[Paige]

Didn’t work for me. I was expecting the writing to be cheeky (lol), but I ended up bouncing off the humor. I was also frustrated that, while almost every photo had a caption, many of the captions did not include the date/name/artist of the piece.

The butts are nice, though.

[Powder Scofield · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick thoughts for now: beautiful, funny, and thoughtful! A must for any fan of art, humour, and a pleasing posterior!

[Anne Kamsteeg · Rating 3 out of 5]

De onderschriften zijn van alle kanten cringe maar wel leuk boekje verder hihi

[Nakedfartbarfer · Rating 3 out of 5]

A chunk of this book rises to the level of adequate art writing and it definitely builds up momentum, which makes some of the less funny parts more forgivable. The jacket tells us that this thing was mostly concocted to sell to an already-receptive twitter following, but I think it needed a little more comedic artistry to maintain a tongue-in-cheek conceit for 300 pages.

A weird joke (about sunscreen or something) was often inserted as a caption under a painting where either explication or even a butt pun would clearly go better. You have Henry Scott Tuke using nude male farm laborers as models and you don’t exhort us to “get a whiff of that dairy air?”

[Jessica Ogram · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book to be a very quick and enjoyable read, finished in less than 2 hours. I loved how each photograph had a backstory as well as commentary. The way in which it was wrote was like a friend telling you a story, I find those types of writing for non-fiction to be the most gripping and enjoyable. Loved seeing all the arts from different time periods and different places in the world as well as different mediums. I’m highly impressed with this read. As someone who enjoys both reading and art, I was thrilled to be offered the chance to read this book. I learned a lot from reading this. I would easily recommend it.

[Claire Cobb · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an interesting, funny, and factual read. It was unusual to focus all on different bums, but it was a good read. I liked all the humour and the pictures of all the different types of art and statues. I'm glad I was able to get an early release of this in exchange for an honest review.

[Eric Rietveld · Rating 2 out of 5]

Zero stars for the writing which was all try-hard cringe and no humour. If you can get past the writing, the art is great and well curated. Best served as a coffee table book one can crack open and peruse, but not a book to read cover to cover.

[Jim Dalzell · Rating 5 out of 5]

That's a lot of ass. Firm ass. Lumpy ass. Saggy ass. This book has it all!!! Sir Mix-a-Lot would love this book. Highly recommend! It's an ass-tastic good time! An ass-piring piece of art and literature.

[Uilliam Clarke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Museum Bums: a funny and witty book, sadly, only 148 pages long. Anyhow, it let me see pictures of famous historic bums throughout history in museums.

I don't know about you. I think museum dates are the best dates. It's been a long time since I've had one of those. 🙄✨️🖤

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

I rarely read any art books, but if they were all as entertaining as this one, I might do it more often!

[Daniel Sáenz · Rating 4 out of 5]

És molt interessant mirar l'art des de punts de vista diferents i està clar que des dels culs és una mirada curiosa. A vegades es perd el fil, però com a mínim és un tema atractiu.

[Yola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny and educational. What's not to love. (Also bums!)

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book.

[Arya Tabaie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The butts were nice, the art was great, and for its many, many, many faults, the commentary did a good job of providing context for the art.

[Taylor Brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t wait to make this a center piece for my library or a conversation piece for my coffee table.

Loved the section on Gods and Monsters, mostly because I’m so interested in Greek Mythology.

[Danika Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

An unexpected and enjoyable read, well worth the time.