The female nude : art, obscenity, and sexuality
Represents the first feminist survey of the most significant subject in Western art. It reveals how the female nude is now both at the centre and at the margins of high culture
1 online resource (xii, 133 pages, 38 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Introduction; FRAMING THE FEMALE BODY; A DISCOURSE ON THE NAKED AND THE NUDE; A STUDY OF IDEAL ART; AESTHETICS AND THE FEMALE NUDE; OBSCENITY AND THE SUBLIME; 'THE DAMAGED VENUS'; THE FRAMEWORK OF TRADITION; THE LESSONS OF THE LIFE CLASS; ART CRITICISM AND SEXUAL METAPHOR; BREAKING OPEN THE BOUNDARIES; REDRAWING THE LINES; SACRED FRONTIERS; PURE AND MOTIVATED PLEASURE; POLICING THE BOUNDARIES; DISPLAYING THE FEMALE BODY; EROTIC ART: A FRAME FOR DESIRE; Notes; Works cited; Index