Bathers, Bodies, Beauty
Download or Read eBook Bathers, Bodies, Beauty PDF written by Linda Nochlin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Linda Nochlin |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2006-05-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780674021167 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0674021169 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bathers, Bodies, Beauty by : Linda Nochlin
Book excerpt: "What meets the eye in Renoir's paintings of nude bathers? To some viewers, they are the very picture of female sensuality and beauty. To others, they embody a whole tradition of masculine mastery and feminine display. Yet others find in these naked women a fantasy of bodily liberation. The points of view are many, various, and occasionally startling. Linda Nochlin's aim in looking at works of art is not to construct a unitary response but to pull things apart, to leave the reader unsettled, confronting the contradictions - about the body, beauty, and ways of viewing - in the work of impressionists, modern masters, contemporary realists, and postmodernists."--BOOK JACKET.
