Erotic ambiguities : the female nude in art /

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"Art is always ambiguous. When it involves the female body it can also be erotic. Erotic Ambiguities is a study of how contemporary women artists have reconceptualised the figure of the female nude. Helen McDonald shows how, over the past thirty years, artists have employed the idea of ambiguit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McDonald, Helen, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Subjects:
Female nude in art.
Feminism in art.
Gender identity in art.
Women artists > Psychology.
Nu féminin.
Féminisme dans l'art.
Identité de genre dans l'art.
Femmes artistes > Psychologie.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Portraits.
ART > Subjects & Themes > Human Figure.
Female nude in art
Feminism in art
Gender identity in art
Women artists > Psychology
Vrouwelijk naakt.
Beeldende kunsten.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Feminism, ambiguity and the ideal
  • 2. Re-visioning the female nude
  • 3. Historical ambiguity
  • 4. Seeing ambiguity
  • 5. Gender ambiguity
  • 6. Making a difference with ambiguity
  • 7. Turning ambiguity around
  • 8. Hybrid ambiguities.

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