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Sub-Categories of Human figures depicted in art
Human figures depicted in art
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Human Anatomy: Depicting the Body from the Renaissance to Today
Benjamin A. Rifkin, Michael J. Ackerman, Judy Folkenberg
Art & Architecture; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Chronicles the history of anatomical illustration from the Renaissance to the digital Visible Human project. This title surveys... [more]
Jungle Girls
Jim Silke
Individual artists, art monographs; Erotic art
Paperback
These are the most fabulous, provocative creatures in the world of fiction, from H. Rider Haggard's She to Edgar Rice Burroughs'... [more]
Kama Sutra
E Lamairesse
Painting & paintings; Erotic art
Hardback
The Mega Square Kama Sutra is a homage to the magic of love and a universal educational manual. Thanks to the rafinement of... [more]
Outcast
David Hurles
Erotic art; Erotic & nude photography
Paperback
Hurles' work documents the exotic and forbidden world of male hustlers, capturing the raw emotional responses from these dangerous... [more]
1000 Erotic Works of Genius
Hans-Jurgen Dopp, Joe A. Thomas, Victoria Charles
History of Art & Design Styles; Erotic art
Hardback
From ancient fertility statues to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage, erotic art has... [more]
30 Millennia of Erotic Art
Hans-Jurgen Dopp, Joe A. Thomas, Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
History of Art & Design Styles; Erotic art
Hardback
From the thousand-year-old statues celebrating fertility to the odalisques of the modern painters, erotic art has always held... [more]
In Praise of the Backside
Hans-Jurgen Dopp
Erotic art
Hardback
In Praise of the Backside celebrates the most sensual part of the female body. The insightful text by Dopp discusses the... [more]
Sex Acts in Early Modern Italy: Practice, Performance, Perversion, Punishment...
Dr. Allison Levy
The Arts: General & Reference; Renaissance art; Human figures depicted in art
Hardback
Emphasizing the peculiar, the perverse, the clandestine, and the scandalous, this volume opens up a critical discourse on... [more]
Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy
Sara F. Matthews Grieco
The Arts: General & Reference; Renaissance art; Erotic art; Social & cultural history
Hardback
Emphasizing on the 'middle ranks' of society in Renaissance Italy - artisans, merchants, and professionals such as bankers... [more]
The Body in Contemporary Art
Sally O'Reilly
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Human figures depicted in art
Paperback
Featuring work across a range of media, from painting and sculpture to installation, video art and performance, this book... [more]
Andy Warhol Portraits
Carter Ratcliff, Robert Rosenblum
Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Pop art; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Paperback
Now available in paperback, the first comprehensive survey of portraits made by Andy Warhol (1928-87), one of the most popular... [more]
Images of Children in Byzantium
Cecily Hennessy
History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art; Human figures depicted in art; Social & cultural history
Hardback
Covers the representation of children in Byzantium. This book demonstrates that children are featured often in visual imagery... [more]
Re-framing Representations of Women: Figuring, Fashioning, Portraiting and...
Dr. Susan Shifrin
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Portraits in art; Gender studies: women
Hardback
Explores the processes inherent in gender representation. This study offers scholarship that confronts historical patterns... [more]
Force: Character Design from Life Drawing
Mike Mattesi
Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art; Art techniques & principles; Illustration & commercial art
Paperback
Shows you how to use life drawing to discover the poses, features and personalities which form the basis of character and... [more]
Painting People: The State of the Art
Charlotte Mullins
Painting & paintings; Portraits in art
Paperback
Features a survey of figure paintings renaissance in the art world. This book introduces over 85 artists and puts their work... [more]
The Art of Drawing People: Discover Simple Techniques for Drawing a Variety...
Michael Butkus, Diane Cardaci, Walter Foster, Ken Goldman, William Powell
Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Human figures depicted in art; Painting & art manuals
Paperback
Packed with practical advice, helpful tips, and fundamental techniques, this comprehensive, 144-page book is an essential... [more]
Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture: Representing Body Politics in the...
Kimberly Rhodes
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Human figures depicted in art; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Shakespeare studies & criticism
Hardback
Explores the representational history of Shakespeare's Ophelia during the Victorian period. This book examines the disseminated... [more]
Robert Hannaford: Natural eye
John Neylon
Art & Architecture; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Portraits in art
Paperback
Hannaford is one of Australia's foremost portrait artists, but this is only one aspect of his work. This, the first book on... [more]
Julie Rrap: Body Double
Ms Victoria Lynn
Art & design styles: from c 1960; Individual artists, art monographs; Human figures depicted in art; Photographs: collections
Hardback
Published to coincide with Rrap's major solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney during September. [more]
The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870
Susan Waller
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Human figures depicted in art; Gender studies: women
Hardback
Presents a study of the artist's model in Paris between 1830 and 1870. An exploration of a major issue in nineteenth-century... [more]
The Athenian Woman: An Iconographic Handbook
Sian Lewis
Ceramics: artworks; Human figures depicted in art; Social & cultural history; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology; Gender studies: women
Hardback
Sian Lewis considers the full range of female existence in classical Greece - childhood and old age, unfree and foreign status,... [more]
Picturing Children: Constructions of Childhood Between Rousseau and Freud...
Linda Pollock
History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Human figures depicted in art; Age groups: children
Hardback
The 19th century is regarded as the pivotal century in the social history of childhood, mainly with reference to the working-class... [more]
Erotic Ambiguities: The Female Nude in Art
Helen McDonald
Nudes depicted in art; Cultural studies; Feminism & feminist theory; Gender studies, gender groups
Hardback
Across photography, fashion, painting and performance art, Helen McDonald shows how feminist artists have employed the idea... [more]
Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits in Roman Egypt
Susan Walker
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Human figures depicted in art; Archaeological theory; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology
Paperback
Published to coincide with a new major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this book is a comprehensive,... [more]
Goddess and the Warrior: The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in...
Nanno Marinatos (University of Illinois, Chicago, USA)
Nudes depicted in art; Ancient religions & mythologies; Cultural studies
Hardback
An illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek religion. This book... [more]
