Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
Title: Nude: A Study in Ideal Form Author: Kenneth Clark ISBN: 0691017883 Publisher: Princeton University Press Published: 1972 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. C 1598991 Publisher Description: A landmark study of the nude in art--from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore--by a towering art historian 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 playe