An all-new compendium of cut-throat cuties from the ample imagination of the ever-devilish Dave Nestler! His eye for beauties and iconic approach to illustration make him the go-to guy for modern day pin-up perfection! First rule of Bad Girl Club? Buy the book!

Renaissance bodies, dressed and undressed, have not lacked attention in art historical literature, but scholarship on the male body has generally concentrated on phallic-oriented masculinity and been connected to issues of patriarchy and power. This original book examines the range of meaning that has been attached to the male backside in Renaissance art and culture, the transformation of the base connotation of the image to high art, and the question of homoerotic impulses or implications of admiring male figures from behind. Representations of the male body's behind have often been associated with things obscene, carnivalesque, comical, or villainous. Presenting serious scholarship with a deft hand, Seen from Behind expands our understanding of the motif of the male buttocks in Renaissance art, revealing both continuities and changes in the ways the images convey meaning and have been given meaning.

Powerful, supple, and sensual - these are words best used to describe the art of TC Cor - an illustrator with an expert eye for the way flesh glistens and muscle ripples on the female form. His newest "bodies" of work have been assembled in this meticulous collection, and is a magnificent gallery of pencil and airbrush illustrations.

An exciting new illustrator with a passion for design and detail, James Hottinger is quickly becoming a fan-favourite in fantasy art. His sense of style and humour is matched by his immaculate technique and precision. His girls are pretty amazing as well! This full colour gallery of his works also includes an informative step-by-step tutorial. An outstanding discovery!

Students and professionals alike will benefit from this focus on the figure in the overall composition of a sketch or drawing. Its solid instruction and many fine examples make it a particularly valuable tool for intermediate artists.
Author Paul G. Braun examines the concept of arrangement with single and multiple figures and within a border. Additional topics include the distribution of light and shade, draped figures and folds, the depiction of movement, and many other aspects of figure drawing. The final chapter offers pointers on how to illustrate a story, and numerous helpful sketches complement this guide's teachings.

A glimpse through the keyhole of history: From the earliest nude daguerrotypes to experimental nude photography The history of nude photography is the history of people s fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographers, theoreticians and consumers over such a long period more than 150 years. No other motif is as prevalent as this one during all the phases of development comprising the history of photography, no other is present, whatever the technique, and is a subject of discussion within the context of nearly all aesthetic movements. Nor has any other pictorial topic produced such a variety of specialities as the nude: from the ethnological interpretation of the body to the glamour shot, from nudist photography to the pin-up of today. No other photographic field of application has inspired as much desire as it has awakened official wrath. 1000 Nudes offers a cross-section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerrotypes and ethnographic nude photographs to experimental nude photography. The period of time spanned by this work is from 1839 to roughly 1939, from the medium s infancy to the end of the classic modernist period. Content-wise, the book pays tribute to the full range of pictorial approaches, from the manually elaborated artistic nudes of the turn of the century, enveloped in layers of theory, to the obscene postcard motifs which had not the slightest artistic pretension and were intended to exert a maximum effect on the buyer s wallet. All the pictures shown are taken from the late Uwe Scheid s collection, which was one of the world s largest and most important collections of erotic photography."

Nick Baer's third collection of men's hands - two dozen models show off their hands, strategically placed at their hips. No two men's hands are alike, nor are their bodies. Including Quinoa, Mike Reddev, Chris Roc, Jack London, Goth Jason, Ang Lei, Josh Catchings, Goth Artist, George Ah, David Nick, Kenny Haare, Alec Paul, Kerry Frederick, Austin Power, Kevin Sampson, Martin Ayes, Christopher Steal, Tony Quin, Christian Hunt, Chris Carter, Erin O'Shay, Jayden Holloway, Gabriel James, Frankie Ordiales, Leo Lyon, Dominik, Johnny. Full frontal male nudity, color, 38 pages.

Portraits of the 16 Body Guards. Las Vegas men who you would typically see as security guards. Ranging from the very big and built, to the strong guy next door. In addition, each has their own photo book, as well as DVD of live video from their photo shoot. In cooperation with MJ Photography, Las Vegas.

This collection of over 250 contemporary retro-style cheesecake, glamour, and hot rod pinup photographs by Northern California artist Marilee Caruso takes women from all backgrounds and transforms them into the classy yet stimulating bombshells of our parents' and grandparents' day. Inspired by icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, or Sophia Loren, each portrait provides a nostalgic glance into the mood, style, and sex appeal of the 1930s, '40s, '50s, and '60s era pin-up girl. From black and white Hollywood starlets to greasy hot rod honeys, this bevy of gorgeous gals has been revamped with vintage hair and makeup, wardrobe, and posing. Shot with high-quality digital technology of the 21st century, each image is reminiscent of the drawings of Gil Elvgrin and Alberto Vargas.

In August 1960, Anna Halprin taught an experimental workshop attended by Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer (along with Trisha Brown and other soon-to-be important artists) on her dance deck on the slopes of Mount Tamalpais, north of San Francisco. Within two years, Forti's conceptually forceful Dance Constructions had premiered in Yoko Ono's loft and Rainer had cofounded the groundbreaking Judson Dance Theater. Radical Bodies reunites Halprin, Forti, and Rainer for the first time inmore than fifty-five years. Dance was a fundamental part of the art world in the 1960s, the most volatile decade in American art, offering a radical image of bodily presence in a moment of revolutionary change. Halprin, Forti, and Rainer-all with Jewish roots-found themselves at the epicenter of this upheaval. Each, in her own tenacious, humorous, and critical way, created a radicalized vision for dance, dance making, and, ultimately, for music and the visual arts. Placing the body and performance at the center of debate, each developed corporeal languages and methodologies that continue to influence choreographers and visual artists around the world to the present day, enabling a critical practice that reinserts social and political issues into postmodern dance and art. Published in association with the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. Exhibition dates: Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara: January 17-April 30, 2017 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: May 24-September 16, 2017 Events: Pillowtalks, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, MA: July 1, 2017

This title is savage, relentless, cunning, and awe-inspiring. Throughout time, there have never been figures more admired or feared as the female fighters. Forced by fortune or foreign invader to give up the gentler role as sister, daughter, mother or lover and take up the sword to protect that which she holds most dear - her land, her people, her freedom! To this noble pantheon of women warriors, these daughters of bloody revolution, this sisterhood of steel, we offer up a gallery of glorious tribute in "Sword Song"! This title features a full colour showcase of paintings and illustrations that celebrate supple curves coupled with sharpened weapons to produce a force no man or army can hope to withstand! An equally awesome band of artists paint powerful portraits, and include the work of Daniel Horne, James Hottinger, Steve Fastner & Rich Larson, Blas Gallego, David Dunstan, to name just a few.

Edward Reed is a unique artist who delights in the old-school masters of pin-up like Vargas, Elvgren and Petty, yet he has a fascination for photo-realism that borders on the surreal. He has the practised ease of an expert when it comes to real-world airbrushing, yet has no difficulty bringing that talent to a computer screen. Whether analogue or digital, the finished illustration is what's important, and Reed brings outstanding style and beauty to all his creations. His women are classic in form yet modern in sensibility - just the right mix for a 21st Century pin-up artist! This first collection of this works - "Portraits & Pin-Ups", is well named, as it showcases both his serious and fun sides to an appreciative audience. Also an in-demand instructor, Edward has assembled a fascinating step-by-step to show how he creates such intricate and amazing masterworks.

Stefano Mazzotti and Vincenzo Silvestroni, that wild duo that put massive heat in the "Velvet Love" series, is back again with a new collection of blistering images and concepts! Tattoos are the subject - ink on girls to be more specific! A showcase of young ladies are illustrated, and then illustrated upon, each relating their own unique story as to the whys and where's (like which part of their most personal real estate is about to get a forever makeover!). Let's face it - tattoos are hot, and cute girls who want them are even hotter! The "Velvet Love" team is certainly up to the challenge of making all this happen - the resulting book is jaw-dropping perfection!

With every drawing, Pelaez is making more manic collectors of his meticulous and sensual portraits. Whether the subject matter is vampires, demons, warrior queens, mermaids, or jungle girls, Pelaez brings his unique style and eye for detail and creates pure magic! This new showcase of his works has been long overdue, and will help bring everyone up to speed on this intensely talented young man.

Blood-soaked bodies as far as the eye can see. Groans murmur from the not-quite-dead. The fog of war finally lifts, and a lone female form emerges from the shadow. Nice work, cutie! Here's an all-new collection of girls who love to get their kill-crazy on! Big, beefy barbarian boys have nothing on these lethal ladies! This title features Berserker babe artwork by Arantza, Bobillo, Ponce, Buci, Meriggi, Maraschi, Pelaez, and many others.

A fascinating look at the partnership of artist James McNeill Whistler and his chief model, Joanna Hiffernan, and the iconic works of art resulting from their life together "[A] lavish volume. . . . Illuminating. . . . MacDonald's deep research has . . . unearthed important new facts."-Gioia Diliberto, Wall Street Journal In 1860 James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Joanna Hiffernan (1839-1886) met and began a significant professional and personal relationship. Hiffernan posed as a model for many of Whistler's works, including his controversial Symphony in White paintings, a trilogy that fascinated and challenged viewers with its complex associations with sex and morality, class and fashion, academic and realist art, Victorian popular fiction, aestheticism and spiritualism. This luxuriously illustrated volume provides the first comprehensive account of Hiffernan's partnership with Whistler throughout the 1860s and 1870s-a period when Whistler was forging a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential artists of his generation. A series of essays discusses how Hiffernan and Whistler overturned artistic conventions and sheds light on their interactions with contemporaries, including Gustave Courbet, for whom she also modeled. Packed with new insights into the creation, marketing, and cultural context of Whistler's iconic works, this study also traces their resonance for his fellow artists, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Gustav Klimt. Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington Exhibition Schedule: Royal Academy of Arts, London (February 23-May 23, 2022) National Gallery of Art, Washington (July 3-October 10, 2022)