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The Renaissance nude
Abstract
"An examination of the development of the nude as an artistic motif in the visual culture of Renaissance Europe, 1400-1530"--Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction: the Renaissance nude, 1400-1530 / Thomas Kren, Jill Burke, and Stephen J. Campbell -- The nude and christian art. Christian imagery and the development of the nude in Europe / Thomas Kren -- Humanism and the expansion of secular themes. From Venus to witches: the female nude in Northern Europe / Diane Wolfthal -- Painting Venus in the poetic tradition of the Early Renaissance / C. Jean Campbell -- Naked truth: humanism, poetry, and the nude in Renaissance art / Stephen J. Campbell -- Artistic theory and practice. The body in artistic theory and practice / Jill Burke -- The Renaissance nude and the study of the antique / Davide Gasparotto -- Beyond the ideal nude. Unruly bodies : the uncanny, the abject, the excessive / Stephen J. Campbell -- Personalizing the nude. "Here's looking at you": ambiguities of personalizing the nude / Ulrich Pfisterer -- Epilogue 1: Reformation and beyond in Northern Europe / Thomas Kren -- Epilogue 2: Michelangelo's Last judgement and the reception of the nude in Counter-Reformation Italy / Thomas DePasquale -- Index.
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Publication
Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, [2018]
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Period
1500-1530
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ISBN
- 9781606065846
- 160606584X
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Notes
"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition The Renaissance Nude, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from October 30, 2018, to January 27, 2019, and at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, from March 2 to June 2, 2019."
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