Pissing figures, 1280-2014 /
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn's history of the urinating figure in art, 'Pissing Figures 1280-2014,' is at once a scholarly inquiry into an important visual motif, and a ribald statement on transgression and limits in works of art in general. Lebensztejn is one of France's best-kept se...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French: Figures Pissantes 1280-2014. |
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New York :
David Zwirner Books,
[2017].
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| Series: | Ekphrasis (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | Jean-Claude Lebensztejn's history of the urinating figure in art, 'Pissing Figures 1280-2014,' is at once a scholarly inquiry into an important visual motif, and a ribald statement on transgression and limits in works of art in general. Lebensztejn is one of France's best-kept secrets. A world-class art historian who has lectured and taught at major universities in the United States, his work has remained almost entirely in French, his American audience limited to a small but dedicated group of cognoscenti. |
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| Physical Description: | 186 pages ; chiefly color illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781941701546 194170154X |