Arts / Art- History / Tell me pretty maiden. The Victorian and Edwardian Nude by Ronald Pearsall

• Book Title: Tell me pretty maiden. The Victorian and Edwardian Nude
• Author: Ronald Pearsall
• ISBN: mw001262712
• Publisher: Book club Associates
• Year Published: 1981
• Our Price: £22.00 GBP ($40.26 USD)
• Description: Book Club Associates 1981: hardcover in dust jacket: approximately 7.5 x 10 inches tall: a 176 pages including index: Black and white and colour illustrations. Synopsis : A comprehensive survey of the Victorian attitude to nudity, and the associated art of the time. Paintings, photographs, and postcards were used by the author to illustrate the productions of a wide range of artists and their work , covering the nostalgic, the coy, the subtly erotic, the clinically accurate, the saucy, and the decadent. Contemporary criticism, and comprehensive illustrations accompany the text. Contents:-. The Victorian and nudity. The Royal Academy and the nude made respectable. Etty, the dedicated painter. The nude in sculpture. The early Victorians art scene. Leighton, the Olympian. Alma- Tadema, the Dutchman. Poynter, the professional. The art market. Burne-Jones, the artist in Dreamland. Watts and Dore-the grand gesture. The Academy in decline and the Paris salon. The new look. Methods and models. Postscript. Mythology in Victorian Art . Acknowledgements. Index Condition: very clean and good overall/almost as new.
• Condition: Collectable- Very Good
• Dustcover: Yes
• Binding: Hardback
• Type: Used Books

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