Gualdoni, Flaminio.

The history of the nude / Flaminio Gualdoni ; [editor: Eileen Romano ; translation: Sylvia Notini]. - Milano, Italy : New York : Skira ; Distributed by Rizzoli International Publications, 2012. - 293 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).

Venus pudica, Venus impudique -- Gods and men -- Phryne and the goddesses -- Christus nudus -- Nature, antiquity -- Flora and the statues -- From Venus to Braghettone -- Nudus in fabula -- "The naked figures are real flesh, in its native beauty" -- Odalisques, models, prostitutes -- New bodies, new simulacra-- Plates -- Bibliography.


Translated from the Italian.

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Nude in art.
Nude in art.

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