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Desnudos
Just as there is a fundamental difference in the use of the words “naked” and “nude”, the unclothed body can evoke a feeling of delight or shame, serving as a symbol of contradictory concepts – beauty and indecency. This book is devoted to representations of the nude by great artists from antiquity and the Italian Renaissance to French Impressionism and contemporary art; from Botticelli and Michelangelo to Cézanne, Renoir, Picasso and Botero. This beautifully produced book provides a collection that will appeal to all art lovers.
- GenresArtNonfiction
256 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 2011
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May 14, 2023
The selection of paintings is good, but the text offers only a brief overview of nudity in art during the last few centuries, mainly by focusing on individual artists like Velázquez, Ingres, Degas, Rodin, Renoir, Picasso, etc., and does not follow the actual images.
This means that most of the paintings mentioned in the text do not appear in the book at all (and those that do are to be found on completely different pages), and most of the paintings that are actually printed are left there without any commentary.
It's good as a coffee table book, and not so much as an art book.
This means that most of the paintings mentioned in the text do not appear in the book at all (and those that do are to be found on completely different pages), and most of the paintings that are actually printed are left there without any commentary.
It's good as a coffee table book, and not so much as an art book.
Displaying 1 of 1 review