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

Anatomy and Drawing (Paperback, Annotated edition): Victor Perard Anatomy and Drawing (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Victor Perard
R409 R378 Discovery Miles 3 780 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This instructive book presents excellent line drawings and annotations of anatomical structure for the beginning artist. Explaining the subject in simple terms and with an extensive series of illustrations, the author identifies body parts and demonstrates physical activities through his sketches. Following notes on proportion and drawing, chapters cover the human skeleton, head and neck, torso, arm, hand, leg, foot, and muscles of the body. Numerous illustrations show various views of the same structures and actions in order to impress construction and form upon the student.

Posing Sex - Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art (Hardcover): Alan Singer Posing Sex - Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art (Hardcover)
Alan Singer
R4,631 Discovery Miles 46 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Posing Sex: Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art views the long and provocative tradition of representing the sexual act in Western art as an occasion for challenging assumptions about personhood. It is uncontroversial that what Singer dubs the "sex image," the artist's posing of human figures in the act of coitus, is an enduring compositional armature for artists from antiquity to the present. Singer, however, makes the quite controversial claim that this aesthetic practice, in literature and painting especially, serves as a powerful metier for exploring how the mind is continuous with the sensuously lively body rather than its rationalistic antagonist. Singer draws upon a rich philosophical tradition-from the Greek Stoics, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hegel to contemporary theorists of perception and aesthetic agency-to show how the stakes of aesthetic experience epitomized in the sex image are essentially ethical. Referencing a broad range of image-based artworks-literary, painterly, and cinematic-Singer illustrates the proposition that "posing sex" broadens the scope of our knowledge about how feeling reciprocates with reason-giving.

Representing Duchess Anna Amalia's Bildung - A Visual Metamorphosis in Portraiture from Political to Personal in... Representing Duchess Anna Amalia's Bildung - A Visual Metamorphosis in Portraiture from Political to Personal in Eighteenth-Century Germany (Hardcover)
Christina K. Lindeman
R4,498 Discovery Miles 44 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The cultural milieu in the "Age of Goethe" of eighteenth-century Germany is given fresh context in this art historical study of the noted writers' patroness: Anna Amalia, Duchess of Weimar-Sachsen-Eisenach. An important noblewoman and patron of the arts, Anna Amalia transformed her court into one of the most intellectually and culturally brilliant in Europe; this book reveals the full scope of her impact on the history of art of this time and place. More than just biography or a patronage study, this book closely examines the art produced by German-speaking artists and the figure of Anna Amalia herself. Her portraits demonstrate the importance of social networks that enabled her to construct scholarly, intellectual identities not only for herself, but for the region she represented. By investigating ways in which the duchess navigated within male-dominated institutions as a means of advancing her own self-cultivation - or Bildung - this book demonstrates the role accorded to women in the public sphere, cultural politics, and historical memory. Cumulatively, Christina K. Lindeman traces how Anna Amalia, a woman from a small German principality, was represented as an active participant in enlightened discourses. The author presents a novel and original argument concerned with how a powerful woman used art to shape her identity, how that identity changed over time, and how people around her shaped it - an approach that elucidates the power of portraiture in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe.

Robert Mapplethorpe - The Archive (Hardcover): Frances Terpak Robert Mapplethorpe - The Archive (Hardcover)
Frances Terpak
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe challenged the limits of censorship and conformity, com- bining technical and formal mastery with unexpected, often provocative content that secured his place in history. Mapplethorpe's artistic vision helped shape the social and cultural fabric of the 1970s and 80s and, following his death in 1989 from AIDS, informed the political landscape of the 1990s. His photographic works continue to resonate with audiences all over the world. Throughout his career, Mapplethorpe preserved studio files and art from every period and vein of his production, including student work, jewelry, sculptures, and commercial assignments. The resulting archive is fascinating and astonishing. With over four hundred illustrations, this volume surveys a virtually unknown resource that sheds new light on the artist's motivations, connections, business acumen, and tal- ent as a curator and collector.

The Book of a Hundred Hands (Paperback): George B. Bridgman The Book of a Hundred Hands (Paperback)
George B. Bridgman
R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Die Ekstase (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Die Ekstase (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
New York Underground (French, Hardcover): Veretta Cobler New York Underground (French, Hardcover)
Veretta Cobler
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Paris Eros (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Paris Eros (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Le Fetichisme Du Pied (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Le Fetichisme Du Pied (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fuss-Fetischismus (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Fuss-Fetischismus (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Le Baiser (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Le Baiser (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Orale Erotik (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Orale Erotik (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Les Objets Du Plaisir (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Les Objets Du Plaisir (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Objekte Der Begierde (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Objekte Der Begierde (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Le Sadomasochisme (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Le Sadomasochisme (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sadomasochismus (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Sadomasochismus (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Lesbos (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Lesbos (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Sapphos (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Sapphos (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
L'Extase (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp L'Extase (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
L' Erotisme Asiatique (French, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp L' Erotisme Asiatique (French, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Fernoestliche Erotik (German, Hardcover): Hans-Jurgen Doepp Fernoestliche Erotik (German, Hardcover)
Hans-Jurgen Doepp
R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Facing China - Truth and Memory in Portraiture (Hardcover): Richard Vinograd Facing China - Truth and Memory in Portraiture (Hardcover)
Richard Vinograd
R1,399 R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Save R129 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Facing China is an exploration of the portrait arts in China from the dynastic to the modern and contemporary, in painting, sculpture, photography and video. The book focuses on truth and memory in the portraiture process, from encounters between subject, portrait and artist, to broader familial, social and political arenas. It also examines the influence of location on portrait production, reception and display, from tombs, ancestral shrines, temples, gardens, and palace halls to public and private spaces. Featuring 150 fine illustrations, with 100 in colour, Facing China has much to say to specialists in the field as well as general readers interested in Chinese art.

Art and Pornography - Philosophical Essays (Paperback): Hans Maes, Jerrold Levinson Art and Pornography - Philosophical Essays (Paperback)
Hans Maes, Jerrold Levinson
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Art and Pornography presents a series of essays which investigate the artistic status and aesthetic dimension of pornographic pictures, films, and literature, and explores the distinction, if there is any, between pornography and erotic art. Is there any overlap between art and pornography, or are the two mutually exclusive? If they are, why is that? If they are not, how might we characterize pornographic art or artistic pornography, and how might pornographic art be distinguished, if at all, from erotic art? Can there be aesthetic experience of pornography? What are some of the psychological, social, and political consequences of the creation and appreciation of erotic art or artistic pornography? Leading scholars from around the world address these questions, and more, and bring together different aesthetic perspectives and approaches to this widely consumed, increasingly visible, yet aesthetically underexplored cultural domain. The book, the first of its kind in philosophical aesthetics, will contribute to a more accurate and subtle understanding of the many representations that incorporate explicit sexual imagery and themes, in both high art and demotic culture, in Western and non-Western contexts. It is sure to stir debate, and healthy controversy.

Modern Urban Girls (German, Paperback): Stefan Soell Modern Urban Girls (German, Paperback)
Stefan Soell
R639 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R102 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gender Pioneers - A Celebration of Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Icons (Hardcover, Illustrated edition): Philippa... Gender Pioneers - A Celebration of Transgender, Non-Binary and Intersex Icons (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)
Philippa Punchard; Illustrated by Philippa Punchard; Foreword by Christine Burns
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'A vital book' JUNO ROCHE 'Beautifully illustrated and fascinating' MEG-JOHN BARKER 'Fun and fact-filled' SUSAN STRYKER This inspiring collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential transgender, non-binary and intersex figures throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of gender identities and expressions that have existed in all cultures alongside developments from recent years, the extraordinary stories in this book highlight the achievements and legacies of those who have fought to be themselves, whatever their gender. From activists, soldiers and historical leaders through to pirates, actors and artists, this book explores the life and times of over fifty trans and intersex trailblazers in their fight for equality, acceptance and change. Poignant, educational and empowering, these are the gender pioneers everyone needs to know about.

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