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Title: Exposed: The Victorian Nude by Alison Smith, Robert Upstone, Tate Britain ISBN: 0-8230-1633-1 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Exposed: A Beautiful Book Reveals a Controvesial Subject
Comment: Exposed: A beautiful and Informative Book about a Controversial Topic
What surprised and delighted me most, by both the exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, and by this wonderful text that accompanied the show and is now available to purchase, is the unbiased historical approach to the theme of Victorian Nudes and Sexuality. Most museums and texts that dare to present 19th century Victorian and academically rendered art (art in the realist tradition taught by the academic art schools of the period) have accompanying text that is tongue-in-cheek or satirically critical of this artwork. But this book, as the exhibition (which was organized and sponsored by the Tate Britain museum in England) gives serious insight into the Victorian controversy of nudity and sexuality. "Exposed: The Victorian Nude" explains with respect, what the artists of that era were trying to do. It analyses the social climate of the time, the innovative and daring works of the period's masters, as well as lesser artists, and shows the influence this art had on popular trends and views. The book is also rich in color plates and is a visual delight as well as a wealth of historical knowledge. There are fine examples of paintings by Frederic Leighton, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Evelyn De Morgan, Herbert Draper, Anna Lea Merritt, Annie Swynnnerton, John William Waterhouse, Philip Hermogenes Calderon, Edward John Poynter, Albert Moore, George Frederic Watts and Earnest Normand. There are also fabulous drawings by William Mulready, William Holman Hunt, Ford Madox Brown, and John Everett Millais as well as photos of great sculpture of the period. This impressive book would make a wonderful holiday gift for anyone interested in the Victorian Era. If you are interested in my complete review of this book and show, with many examples of the colored plates from the book and descriptions of the paintings, you make find the review at www.artrenewal.org This site, The Art Renewal Center, is the largest on-line museum on the Internet and is a non-profit art educational organization. The review may be found in the top menu under Articles/latest articles/ "Exposed: The Victorian Nude" by Sherry Lazarus Ross.
Rating: 5
Summary: Concentrates on painting, sculpture and drawing
Comment: Alison Smith deftly edits Exposed: The Victorian Nude, a photographic exploration of the range of Victorian representations of both male and female figures. This concentrates on painting, sculpture and drawing, but also explores photos, popular illustration and film. An excellent history.
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Title: J.W. Waterhouse by Peter Trippi ISBN: 071484232X Publisher: Phaidon Press Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: The Victorian Nude: Sexuality, Morality and Art by Alison Smith ISBN: 0719044030 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Reclining Nude by Lidia Guibert Ferrara ISBN: 0811836657 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Victorian Painting by Christopher Wood ISBN: 0821223267 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Lawrence Alma-Tadema by R. J. Barrow ISBN: 071484358X Publisher: Phaidon Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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