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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art

Shunga - Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (Hardcover): Timothy Clark Shunga - Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (Hardcover)
Timothy Clark; C.Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami, Akiko Yano
R1,680 R1,328 Discovery Miles 13 280 Save R352 (21%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

You can discover Japanese art like no other. Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, these popular spring pictures (shunga) transcended class and gender in Japan for almost 300 years. These tender, humorous and brightly coloured pieces celebrate sexual pleasure in all its forms, culminating in the beautiful, yet graphic, work of iconic artists Utamaro, Hokusai and Kunisada. This catalogue of a major international exhibition aims to answer some key questions about what shunga is and why was it produced. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards as part of a process of cultural modernisation that imported many contemporary western moral values. Only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan and this ground-breaking publication presents this fascinating art in its historical and cultural context for the first time. Within Japan, shunga has continued to influence modern forms of art, including manga, anime and Japanese tattoo art. Drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 images of works from major public and private collections, this landmark book sheds new light on this unique art form within Japanese social and cultural history. Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art is published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum from October 2013 to January 2014.

Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy (Hardcover, New Ed): Sara F.Matthews Grieco Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy (Hardcover, New Ed)
Sara F.Matthews Grieco
R4,661 Discovery Miles 46 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Concentrating largely on the 'middle ranks' of society in Renaissance Italy - artisans, merchants, and professionals such as bankers and lawyers - this book focuses on new social subjects, new documents and unusual objects. Using innovative methods of inquiry and interdisciplinary analytical tools, contributors explore a little-known but pervasive erotic culture in which sexually explicit artefacts, games and gestures were considered essential to a number of rituals and social occasions. At the same time, they demonstrate how a burgeoning market for erotica, along with a cultural tradition of allusion and innuendo, played an increasingly important role in the Italian peninsula between the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. This volume fills some pervasive lacunae in both Renaissance studies and the history of sexuality through a series of critical engagements with material culture and social custom. It reflects recent scholarly interest in interdisciplinary areas such as the material Renaissance, visual communications, urban sociability in the domestic context, and court records regarding marital disputes.

Danish Golden Age Painting (Hardcover): David Jackson Danish Golden Age Painting (Hardcover)
David Jackson
R1,430 R1,302 Discovery Miles 13 020 Save R128 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A vibrant survey of visual culture in Golden Age Denmark (1801-1864) Following the disastrous outcome of the Napoleonic Wars and national bankruptcy, Denmark affected a remarkable cultural renaissance, spawning such major talents as Hans Christian Andersen, Soren Kierkegaard and Hans Christian Orsted. The Golden Age, roughly spanning the first half of the nineteenth century, produced defining images of a peaceful and ordered society as the emerging Copenhagen bourgeoisie asserted a taste for portraits, urban scenes and landscapes that embraced their lifestyles. Artists such as Christen Kobke and C. W. Eckersberg turned their attentions to the people, traditions and customs of their land, encapsulating the quintessence of this celebrated period of cultural richness. Danish Golden Age Painting examines the vital role played by the visual arts within the wider context of the era's social, political, intellectual, scientific, artistic and cultural achievements. Drawing on the best of established and contemporary Danish scholarship, it presents an innovative survey of Danish Golden Age art.

Bloodlust - Vampire Erotica: Volume 1 (Paperback): Sal Quartuccio Bloodlust - Vampire Erotica: Volume 1 (Paperback)
Sal Quartuccio
R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This title presents the essence of life courses through warm flesh, heating the midnight meal to a delicious 98.7 degrees of exquisite delight! Fiercesome fangs extend from ruby lips, and it's a hungry mouth that clamps upon the main artery of a willing neck. A new member has been selected, and another undead diva is born! And as for after-dinner treats - the night holds many more surprises! It's the eternal vampire lure, as seen through a decidedly girl-on-girl perspective! Playing with your food never had this much going for it, as female vamps go in search of girlfriends they can lunch with - forever! This newest series of "Gallery Girls" books invites a roster of new illustrators to use their imaginations to come up with a fresh collection of bisexual biting! Artists include Diego Candia, Marco Baldi, Anibal Maraschi, Flores, Diego Florio, Perla Pilucki, Percy Ochoa, and Dario Hartmann, and sports a red-hot cover painting by Bruce Colero.

Redheads (Paperback): Raffaele Marinetti Redheads (Paperback)
Raffaele Marinetti
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture - Representing Body Politics in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover, New Ed): Kimberly Rhodes Ophelia and Victorian Visual Culture - Representing Body Politics in the Nineteenth Century (Hardcover, New Ed)
Kimberly Rhodes
R4,628 Discovery Miles 46 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Kimberly Rhodes's interdisciplinary book is the first to explore fully the complicated representational history of Shakespeare's Ophelia during the Victorian period. In nineteenth-century Britain, the shape, function and representation of women's bodies were typically regulated and interpreted by public and private institutions, while emblematic fictional female figures like Ophelia functioned as idealized templates of Victorian womanhood. Rhodes examines the widely disseminated representations of Ophelia, from works by visual artists and writers, to interpretations of her character in contemporary productions of Hamlet, revealing her as a nexus of the struggle for the female body's subjugation. By considering a broad range of materials, including works by Anna Lea Merritt, Elizabeth Siddal, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and John Everett Millais, and paying special attention to images women produced, Rhodes illuminates Ophelia as a figure whose importance crossed class and national boundaries. Her analysis yields fascinating insights into 'high' and mass culture and enables transnational comparisons that reveal the compelling associations among Ophelia, gender roles, body image and national identity.

Laura Knight - A Panoramic View (Paperback): Anthony Spira, Fay Blanchard Laura Knight - A Panoramic View (Paperback)
Anthony Spira, Fay Blanchard; Contributions by Sophie Hatchwell, Sacha Llewellyn, Pamela Gerrish Nunn
R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

LONG LISTED FOR THE WILLIAM MB BERGER PRIZE FOR BRITISH ART HISTORY 2022. A major survey of Dame Laura Knight, first female Royal Academician and popular British artist of the 20th century. Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most famous and popular English artists of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, in 1965. In the following decades her realist style of painting fell out of fashion and her work become largely overlooked. A new generation has rediscovered her work, finding a contemporary resonance in her depictions of women at work, of people from marginalized communities and her contributions as a war artist. This beautifully illustrated book, which accompanies a major exhibition at MK Gallery, provides an overview of Knight's illustrious career: from her training at Nottingham Art School at the age of 13 and her time in North Yorkshire and Cornwall, to her visits to traveller communities and a segregated American hospital. It also features her circus, ballet and theatre scenes, paintings of women during the war and her late paintings of nature. The selection of over 160 works combines celebrated paintings with less known graphic and design works, including ceramics, jewellery and costumes that reflect the artist's enduring interest in the everyday activities of people from all walks of life.

Angel Lust, v. 2 - A Gallery Girls Collection (Paperback): Angel Lust, v. 2 - A Gallery Girls Collection (Paperback)
R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Heaven's missing more than just one angel! We're counting over sixty that have gone AWOL, just to end up in this array! Angel Lust 2 flies into the sky and brings an all-new collection of heavenly guardians down to Earth for we merest of mortals to enjoy! These are the best sort of angels - the kind with a little devil in them, as seen by artists like Candia, Buci, Danilo, Flores, LeBlanc, Marachi, Sosa, and more. Say your prayers and have some breath mints ready!

The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus - Precedents, Consequences, Implications (Hardcover, New): Michael Koortbojian The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus - Precedents, Consequences, Implications (Hardcover, New)
Michael Koortbojian
R3,401 Discovery Miles 34 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the new institution of divinization that emerged as a political phenomenon at the end of the Roman Republic with the deification of Julius Caesar. Michael Koortbojian addresses the myriad problems related to Caesar's, and subsequently Augustus', divinization, in a sequence of studies devoted to the complex character of the new imperial system. These investigations focus on the broad spectrum of forms - monumental, epigraphic, numismatic, and those of social ritual - used to represent the most novel imperial institutions: divinization, a monarchial princeps, and a hereditary dynasty. Throughout, political and religious iconography is enlisted to serve in the study of these new Roman institutions, from their slow emergence to their gradual evolution and finally their eventual conventionalization.

Anatomy for Artists - A visual guide to the human form (Hardcover): 3DTotal Publishing Anatomy for Artists - A visual guide to the human form (Hardcover)
3DTotal Publishing 1
R1,213 R1,063 Discovery Miles 10 630 Save R150 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anatomy for Artists is an extensive compendium of high quality, detailed photography and drawings, showing the human figure in a variety of shapes, sizes and poses that can be used as a solid foundation for all character art.This thorough and detailed library of visual resources will consist of stunning photography and comprehensive drawings showing the muscular structure of figures of varying body types. These male and female references will act as an invaluable starting point for artists trying to create art based on the human figure. Whether you're a traditional sculptor, oil painter or 3D digital artist, the resources within this book will prove to be useful and informative and will help you improve the quality and accuracy of your own art.

Jon Hul Sketchbook - Volume 1 (Paperback): Jon Hul Jon Hul Sketchbook - Volume 1 (Paperback)
Jon Hul
R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Jon Hul is one of the most remarkable 'photo-realistic' painters of pin-up and erotic artwork working today. His paintings fetch huge gallery prices, but contrary to popular belief, those paintings don't just 'happen'! Jon draws constantly, both to keep his eye sharp for detail and expression, and to work out any concepts he has for a final full-colour illustration. In other words - the boy goes through a lot of pencils! The magic Hul can perform with the lowly combination of graphite and paper is showcased for the first time in "The Jon Hul Sketchbook". An eye-opening presentation of delightful eye-candy, with many of Jon's favourite models in all forms of grey-toned delight!

Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V - The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion (Hardcover): Mary... Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V - The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion (Hardcover)
Mary Tiffany Ferer
R2,781 Discovery Miles 27 810 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shows how Charles V used music and ritual to reinforce his image and status as the most important and powerful sovereign in Europe. The presentation of Charles V as universal monarch, defender of the faith, magnanimous peacemaker, and reborn Roman Emperor became the mission of artists, poets, and chroniclers, who shaped contemporary perceptions of him and engaged in his political promotion. Music was equally essential to the making of his image, as this book shows. It reconstructs musical life at his court, by examining the compositions which emanated from it, the ordinances prescribing its rituals and ceremonies, and his prestigious chapel, which reflected his power and influence. A major contribution, offering new documentary material and bringing together the widely dispersed information on the music composed to mark the major events of Charles's life. It offers.a very useful insight into music as one of many elements that served to convey the notion of the emperor-monarch in the Renaissance. TESS KNIGHTON Mary Ferer is Associate Professor at the College of Creative Arts, West Virginia University.

Freud (Hardcover): Sebastian Smee Freud (Hardcover)
Sebastian Smee 2
R478 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R38 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was interested in the telling of truths. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the esteemed portrait painter observed his subjects with the regimen and precision of a laboratory scientist. He recorded not only the blotches, bruises, and swellings of the living body, but also, beneath the flaws and folds of flesh, the microscopic details of what lies within: the sensation, the emotion, the intelligence, the bloom, and the inevitable, unstoppable decay. Despite rejecting parallels between him and his renowned grandfather, the correlation between Lucian Freud's sitting process for portraiture and Sigmund Freud's psychotherapy sessions is a fascinating element to this figurative oeuvre. Despite the thickness of the impasto surfaces, Freud's portraits of subjects as varied as the Queen, Kate Moss, and an obese job center supervisor penetrate the physicality of the body with a direct and often disarming insight. The result is as much a psychological interrogation as it is an uneasy examination of the relationship between artist and model. This book brings together some of Freud's most outstanding and unapologetic portraits, to introduce an artist widely considered one of the finest masters of the human form. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

Boudoir (Hardcover): Ifa Brand Boudoir (Hardcover)
Ifa Brand
R1,138 Discovery Miles 11 380 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ifa Brand never felt satisfied as a model. The dissatisfaction stemmed from not being able to represent her true identity: 'I fell "between styles": alternative but not alternative enough; fetish but not in a typical sense. I also disliked photographers telling me how I should look, pose, behave; telling me no to red lips, no to precious lingerie and all the things I loved.' In 2017, she decided to go her own way. She saw photography as an opportunity to be her own creative director, to follow her own storylines, and to explore her own vision of sensuality, eroticism and fetish. Hers is a quest for personal empowerment through the art of self-portraiture: 'I find it very important to present a strong, independent woman. There needs to be an element of being untouchable. The message to the viewer is: yes you can look but solely on my terms.'

The Invention of the Model - Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870 (Hardcover, New Ed): Susan Waller The Invention of the Model - Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Susan Waller
R4,620 Discovery Miles 46 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although mastery of the representation of the human figure was central to art making as early as the fifteenth century in Europe, in the nineteenth-century French imagination the artist's model became identified as a distinct social type and cultural trope. This study of the artist's model in Paris between 1830 and 1870 incorporates three histories: a social history of professional models, a cultural history of models as social types, and an art history of representations of the model in elite and popular visual culture. It takes as its starting point the artist-model transaction: demonstrating that stereotypes of 'the model' that figured in the public imagination were framed both by gender and ethnicity, the book develops a nuanced typology of different types of models. Interwoven with the analysis of the constructed identities of models are accounts of the lives of particular models and the histories of the urban population groups from which they emerged. The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870 is an adept exploration of a major issue in nineteenth-century art which will be of interest not only to art historians, but also to social and French cultural historians.

Images of Intercourse (Paperback): Tina Skinner Images of Intercourse (Paperback)
Tina Skinner
R327 R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Save R22 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A delightful journey through Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Explore the tourist-magnet town of Intercourse, PA, in full color This souvenir book will prove a nostaligic tour for all who have been there, and a motivational force to anyone else. Comes in two versions, this one with a cover that displays the area, the other with a novelty cover.

Picturing Children - Constructions of Childhood Between Rousseau and Freud (Hardcover, New Ed): Marilyn R. Brown Picturing Children - Constructions of Childhood Between Rousseau and Freud (Hardcover, New Ed)
Marilyn R. Brown
R4,485 Discovery Miles 44 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The representation of children in modern European visual culture has often been marginalized by Art History as sentimental and trivial. For this reason the subject of childhood in relation to art and its production has largely been ignored. Confronting this dismissal, this unique collection of essays raises new and unexpected issues about the formation of childhood identity in the nineteenth century and makes a significant contribution to the development of inter-disciplinary studies within this area. Through a range of stimulating and insightful case studies, the book charts the development of the Romantic ideal of childhood, starting with Rousseau's Emile, and attends to its visual, social and psychological transformations during the historical period from which Freud's psychoanalytic theories eventually emerged. Foremost scholars such as Anne Higonnet, Carol Mavor, Susan Casteras and Linda A. Pollock uncover the means by which children became an important conduit for prevailing social anxieties and demonstrate that the apparently 'timeless' images of them that proliferated at the time should be understood as complex cultural documents. Over 50 illustrations enhance this rich and fascinating volume.

Femme Fatale - The Art of Shuzo Oshimi (Paperback): Shuzo Oshimi Femme Fatale - The Art of Shuzo Oshimi (Paperback)
Shuzo Oshimi
R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Commemorating twenty years of manga, FEMME FATALE showcases of all of the full color artwork from New York Time's Best Selling artist Shuzo Oshimi. Featuring cover art, posters, promotional materials and never before translated comics, this is a definitive compilation of character art from one of the best known manga artists in the 21st Century. Concept art and promotional illustrations from FLOWERS OF EVIL, INSIDE MARI, DRIFTING NET CAFE and BLOOD ON THE RAILS are also included giving readers a deeper look into Oshimi's processes and artistic mind. This collection also includes dozens of never before published in English comic pages that are a must have for Oshimi completionists.

Dictionary of Artists' Models (Hardcover): Jill Berk Jiminez Dictionary of Artists' Models (Hardcover)
Jill Berk Jiminez
R6,787 Discovery Miles 67 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The "Dictionary of Artists' Models" aims to be an extensive reference work to identify and contextualize the lives and art history of individual artist's models. Another aim is to provide a much-needed body of research that can serve both as a reference tool and also as a springboard for further investigation of this frequently neglected subject. This dictionary provides information on over 200 artists' models, from the Renaissance to the present day. Most entries are illustrated and consist of a short biography, a selected list of further reading, and a signed interpretive essay. Each essay includes information about the model's life, the artists that they sat for, and discusses their specific contribution to the artist's work. These essays, on models as diverse as Costanza della Sommaia Doni, Cadamour, and Elizabeth Hollander, and written by experts in their field, should give the reader a richer understanding of the model's relevance to art historical study.

Play with Me! - The Art of Dirk Richter (Paperback): Dirk Richter Play with Me! - The Art of Dirk Richter (Paperback)
Dirk Richter
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Traces of Survival - Drawings of Refugees in Iraq Selected by Ai Weiwei (Hardcover): Tamara Chalabi, Philippe Van Cauteren Traces of Survival - Drawings of Refugees in Iraq Selected by Ai Weiwei (Hardcover)
Tamara Chalabi, Philippe Van Cauteren
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This compelling book is the result of a project intended to visually communicate the hardships endured by Iraqi communities. Utilizing art materials donated to camps by the Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq, these 350 drawings were created by some of the country's 1.8 million refugees, providing a necessary outlet for their immense suffering and struggles associated with being temporarily displaced from their vocations as lawyers, teachers, farmers, and mothers. Originally presented as an exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale, this publication features a large group of these drawings exclusively selected by the artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Harnessing the power of visual art as a means for both personal expression and socio-political awareness, this innovative book represents the humanistic effort to provide a voice for the underrepresented and their unimaginable strife. Mercatorfonds is donating all profits from the sale of this book to the refugee camps in Iraq. Distributed for Mercatorfonds

Fever Pitch 2 - MORE Hot Girls From Elias Chatzoudis (Paperback): Elias Chatzoudis Fever Pitch 2 - MORE Hot Girls From Elias Chatzoudis (Paperback)
Elias Chatzoudis
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Adorable, sexy, and sure -- a wee bit naughty! This would fairly sum up a style of illustration that Elias Chatzoudis has been able to develop, earning him a world-wide following for his perky pin-up girls! In this second volume devoted to his voluptuous vixens, Elias is in top form with his sense of humour and eye for the ladies in top form! All new art!

Character Design Quarterly 23 (Paperback): Character Design Quarterly 23 (Paperback)
R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Character Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks.

Sins of the Flesh (Paperback): Bruce Colero Sins of the Flesh (Paperback)
Bruce Colero
R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Bruce Colero is an illustrator with an exquisite eye for the ladies. Especially the sort of sirens who like to indulge in their darker sides. Colero ups his game for this latest collection (fourth in the series!), showing just how nasty his nubile nation can get! CAUTION: blisters ahead!

Bodyscape - Art, modernity and the ideal figure (Paperback): Nicholas Mirzoeff Bodyscape - Art, modernity and the ideal figure (Paperback)
Nicholas Mirzoeff
R1,253 Discovery Miles 12 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days


This book seeks to put the bodies back into modern art. In a series of thematic historical studies, Mirzoeff argues that the perfect body of modern art theory can only exist in visual form. Studies include the work of Picasso, Manet and Madonna.

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