The young male figure : in paintings, sculptures, and drawings, from ancient Egypt to the present /

275 illustrations ranging from 2500 B.C. to the present, and include antiquity, the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth century, and the twentieth century. There is also a chapter on the exotic young male in Indian, Chinese, Japanese, African, and pre-Columbian Mexican art. This volume will...

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Main Author: Aymar, Brandt (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Publishers, [1970]
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Summary:275 illustrations ranging from 2500 B.C. to the present, and include antiquity, the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth century, and the twentieth century. There is also a chapter on the exotic young male in Indian, Chinese, Japanese, African, and pre-Columbian Mexican art. This volume will prove invaluable to art students, collectors, art historians, psychologists, sociologists, and all others who are interested in the relationship between the development of art and the creation of the male figure.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:vii, 247 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-244).