Human figures depicted in art

Der Psychoanalytiker Jacques Lacan war nicht nur letzter Besitzer von Courbets Der Ursprung der Welt, sondern war sich auch dessen anzüglichem Inhalt bewusst.

Exploring drawing, fate, and the mysterious human body, Boruch embarks on a journey of dark wonder in The Figure Going Imaginary.

Commonly known as the "e;Arnolfini Wedding"e; or "e;Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride,"e; Jan van Eyck's double portrait, painted in 1434, is probably the most widely recognized panel painting of the fifteenth century.

Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture.

Award-winning artist Hashim Akib's striking portraits are at the heart of this inspirational book.

This book is not a panegyric of homosexuality.

An original study of the relationship between comic acting and the visual arts in late-Georgian and Regency England.

Peter Paul Rubens gilt als einer der größten Meister des Barock – ein Visionär, der die Kunst seiner Zeit revolutionierte und Emotionen, Bewegung und Farbe in eine einzigartige Harmonie verwandelte.

Ce livre n'est pas un panégyrique sur l'homosexualité.

De Michel-Ange à Rubens, de Degas à Picasso, l’érotisme a toujours attiré les grands maîtres de l’art, qui créèrent des œuvres parmi les plus captivantes.

How does cultural context affect the interpretation of art?

Photography was invented between the publication of Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels's The Communist Manifesto.

This delightful introduction to drawing faces completely demystifies the drawing process.

Mega Square In Praise of the Backside celebrates the most sensual part of the female body.

Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world.

Music is not only a pleasure for the ear, it is the echo of the heartbeat, breath and desire.

Building on the momentum of recent bestsellers like Katy Hessel's The Story of Art Without Men, Painting her pleasure spotlights three extraordinary women who defied convention in the male-dominated world of early 20th-century Paris.

This book explores the persona of the artist in Archaic and Classical Greek art and literature.

Diese Mega Square Ausgabe würdigt den sinnlichsten Teil des weiblichen Körpers.

A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass mediaThis fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media.

Faces are more than a montage of organs that see, breathe, speak, hear, eat, sing, smell, and yell.

Winner of the 2005 Independent Publisher Book Award in Erotica.

Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw.

'I am out of the country and will not be checking my emails' DAWN FRENCH 'The file is just showing up blank my end?

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From Michelangelo to Rubens, Degas and Picasso, erotic art has attracted many great masters, who created works that captivate the beholder like few others.

„Wenn die Musik der Liebe Nahrung ist, spielt weiter.

There are numerous reasons why a woman would schedule a boudoir portrait session.

Using a simple four-stage process, the world-renowned artist shows how to build a portrait, from the basic shape right to finished faces.

The visual images of Queen Elizabeth I displayed in contemporary portraits and perpetuated and developed in more recent media, such as film and television, make her one of the most familiar and popular of all British monarchs.

How to Make the Body: Difference, Identity, and Embodiment brings together contemporary and historical readings of the body, exploring the insights and limits of established and emerging theories of difference, identity, and embodiment in a variety of German contexts.

The new celebration of women''s aggression in contemporary culture, from Kill Bill and Prime Suspect to the artists group Toxic Titties.

How does cultural context affect the interpretation of art?

A compelling theory that places the origin of human picture making in the bodyIn this groundbreaking book, renowned art historian Hans Belting proposes a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making.

En ce début de millénaire, il nous a semblé intéressant de publier cevolumineux ouvrage sur l’histoire de l’érotisme.

The portrait has historically been understood as an artistic representation of a human subject.

Challenging prevailing theories regarding the birth of the subject, Catherine M.

An original study of the relationship between comic acting and the visual arts in late-Georgian and Regency England.

In 1479, the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini arrived at the Ottoman court in Istanbul, where he produced his celebrated portrait of Sultan Mehmed II.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZECHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATORTHE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'A dazzling tour de force' THE TIMES 'Does justice to Freud's pitiless genius as an artist' DAILY MAIL 'You can hear Freud's voice on the page' OBSERVER 'Mesmerising the ideal companion to Freud's work' GUARDIANWilliam Feaver, Lucian Freud's collaborator, curator and close friend, knew the unknowable artist better than most.

Die Mega Square Ausgabe Kama Sutra ist eine Hommage an den Zauber der Liebe und ein universelles Verhaltenshandbuch.

Gibt es einen besseren Zeitpunkt, um ein so voluminöses Werküber die Erotik zu publizieren als die ersten Jahre in einemneuen Jahrtausend?

Photographing interiors is not as easy as you might think, and it takes a lot of practice to produce consistently strong, high-impact compositions for your clients.

This delightful introduction to drawing faces completely demystifies the drawing process.

Mega Square In Praise of the Backside celebrates the most sensual part of the female body.

How to Make the Body: Difference, Identity, and Embodiment brings together contemporary and historical readings of the body, exploring the insights and limits of established and emerging theories of difference, identity, and embodiment in a variety of German contexts.

This book marks a turning point in architectural theory by using philosophy to examine the field anew.

In late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, ten black men and one black woman, Mary Turner, eight months pregnant at the time, were lynched and tortured by mobs of white citizens.