Image of the body : aspects of the nude / Michael Gill
1989, Stated First Edition. London : The Bodley Head. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 476 pages; Physical description. : xi, 476 p. : ill. , ports. ; 26 cm. Summary: The human body is without doubt the most enduring subject of art. For more than 20,000 years artists have been making use of bodily images. Part art history, part social history, this is an exploration of the sexual and psychological significance of the use of the human nude in visual art. Subject: Aesthetics. Art and society. Art - Psychology. Nude in art. Item #200032
Price: €25.00