The Victorian Nude: Sexuality, Morality, and ArtManchester University Press, 1996 - 256 páginas Controversy surrounding nudity in art is as strong now as it was during the 19th century. Selected Victorian paintings of the nude are still hidden from public view. In this work, the author unravels the background to this situation and reveals the paradox of the nude as an object of public moral outrage. The text reveals how images of the nude were used at all levels of Victorian culture, from high-art paintings to photographs and popular entertainments. It questions whether these were a valid form of representation or, in fact, pornography. The nude was considered to be the most prestigious and pure form of art, whilst at the same time was vilified by the state because of its incitement to unregulated sexual activity. The book includes discussion on the work of Lord Leighton, Burne-Jones, Rosetti, Millais, Watts, Waterhouse, Henrietta Rae and Anna Lea Merritt. |
Contenido
The nude in early Victorian England 18371860 | 11 |
The nude at public exhibition 18661870 | 101 |
The nude in the later Victorian period 18711885 | 165 |
The new moralism and the case against the nude | 216 |
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The Pre-Raphaelite Body: Fear and Desire in Painting, Poetry, and Criticism J. B. Bullen Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
Narrating Modernity: The British Problem Picture, 1895-1914 Pamela M. Fletcher Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |