In this pioneering work, the author explores how the beautiful male body dominated neoclassical visual culture. Whether in the guise of virile heroes or languishing adolescents, in both familiar and now-obscure works of art, the imagery of ideal masculinity raises important questions about the fashioning of masculinity itselfas evident in contemporary mass culture and in the elite culture of the past. 118 illus. 8 in color.
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In this pioneering work, the author explores how the beautiful male body dominated neoclassical visual culture. Whether in the guise of virile heroes or languishing adolescents, in both familiar and now-obscure works of art, the imagery of ideal masculinity raises important questions about the fashioning of masculinity itselfas evident in contemporary mass culture and in the elite culture of the past. 118 illus. 8 in color.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0500017654. With 119 illustrations, 8 in color. First American editon. Fine in a near fine (one short closed edge tear at the crown and another at the base of the spine) dust jacket.
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Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First British printing. 8vo. 264 pp. Illustrated in B & W and in color; printed on coated paper. Original blue cloth binding. This is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.