The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form

Author: Clark, KennethBrand: Princeton University PressFeatures: nude art, art nude, photo book, nude book, nude photo nude, nude girl, photo nude, model nudes, nude model, nudes nude photography, visual nude art, fine art nude nudes art, nudeart, artnude, art photo model, models, photographer, books, photo Binding: PaperbackFormat: Picture BookNumber Of Pages: 458Release Date: 21-10-1972Part Number: illustrationsDetails: A landmark study of the nude in art―from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore―by a towering figure in art history In this classic book, Kenneth Clark, one of the most eminent art historians of the twentieth century, examines the ever-changing fashion in what constitutes the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form, from the art of the ancient Greeks to that of Renoir, Matisse, and Henry Moore. The Nude reveals the sensitivity of aesthetic theory to fashion, what distinguishes the naked from the nude, and just why the nude has played such an important role in art history.