Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative-the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making the female nude perhaps the most common subject in the history of painting. Oriented horizontally to effectively highlight the art, Reclining Nude is a feast for the senses, featuring 120 glorious masterpieces of the genre. Giorgiones catalyst Sleeping Venus , Titians unabashed Venus of Urbino , Manets Olympia gazing at the viewer, and Franois Bouchers flirtatious Brown-Haired Odalisque are but a few of the artworks to be ...
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Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative-the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making the female nude perhaps the most common subject in the history of painting. Oriented horizontally to effectively highlight the art, Reclining Nude is a feast for the senses, featuring 120 glorious masterpieces of the genre. Giorgiones catalyst Sleeping Venus , Titians unabashed Venus of Urbino , Manets Olympia gazing at the viewer, and Franois Bouchers flirtatious Brown-Haired Odalisque are but a few of the artworks to be admired afresh on these pages. Reclining Nude is a delightful gift and an inspiring study: a collection of art as stunning as the human forms within it.
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Seller's Description:
Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 132 pp., 129 illustrations in color. Some water damage and a touch of wear to the dustjacket cover, top edge both front and back. First edition. List of illustrations. Pictorial boards. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0811836657. Tight unmarked book in rubbed dsut ajcket with slight shelfwear. 129 full page reclining nudes.; 13.50 X 7.76 X 0.73 inches; 128 pages.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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As New in J As New jacket. 4to Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 126 (2) pp, Introduction by Frances Borzello; Author's Note, The Plates; List of 129 Color Illustrations. First Edition, 2002. "Featuring lush, full-page illustrations of masterpieces of the genre, this volume is a feast for the senses. From Titian's alluring Venus of Urbino to Manet's guileless Olympia, the book provides a fascinating tour of the ever-changing visions of beauty and repose." from the jacket flap. Price clipped, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Illustrated paper-covered boards.
