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The Nude in Photography
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Description for The Nude in Photography
Hardback. A visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. It surveys the subject of nudity from the earliest surviving images of Greek and Roman sculpture through studies of living nude models to the burgeoning practice of exploring the human body as pure form. Num Pages: 112 pages, 89 full-colour & 3 b&w. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 496.
This is a stunning visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. Born like Venus on the half shell from the centuries-long tradition of the nude in painting, the nude first appeared as a subject matter in photography with the introduction of the medium itself, between 1837 and 1840, and has continued as an ever-evolving theme through changing technical developments and cultural mores to the present day. This volume surveys the subject of nudity from the earliest surviving images of Greek and Roman sculpture through studies of living nude models to the burgeoning practice of exploring the ... Read more
This is a stunning visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. Born like Venus on the half shell from the centuries-long tradition of the nude in painting, the nude first appeared as a subject matter in photography with the introduction of the medium itself, between 1837 and 1840, and has continued as an ever-evolving theme through changing technical developments and cultural mores to the present day. This volume surveys the subject of nudity from the earliest surviving images of Greek and Roman sculpture through studies of living nude models to the burgeoning practice of exploring the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9781606062661
SKU
V9781606062661
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Ref
99-50
About . Martineau
Paul Martineau is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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