Le NU

by JP A. Calosse

Tout comme le mot 1/2 nu peut avoir deux significations compl tement diff(r)rentes, un corps d(r)shabill(r) peut provoquer un sentiment de plaisir ou de honte, servant de symbole a des concepts contradictoires, la beaut(r) et lOCOind(r)cence. Ce livre est consacr(r) a toutes les magnifiques repr(r)sentations de nus des grands artistes de lOCOAntiquit(r), de la Renaissance, de lOCOImpressionnisme fran ais et de lOCOart contemporain; de Botticelli et Michel-Ange, en passant par C(r)zane et Renoir, a Picasso et Botero. Ce livre soign(r) et complet ne plaira pas seulement aux amateurs dOCOart, mais sera aussi un bel objet de collection."

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

257 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2011

Reviews

[Ljubomir · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.