On the Nude by Chare, Nicholas; Contogouris, Ersy;

Rövid leírás:

This book provides a timely reappraisal of one of the most enduring subjects in the history of art – the naked body.

Hosszú leírás:

This book provides a timely reappraisal of one of the most enduring subjects in the history of art – the naked body.

Beginning with reflections on what denuding entails and means, the volume then shifts to a consideration of body politics in the context of Black political empowerment, disability, and queer and Indigenous politics of representation. Themes including the animal nude, the male nude, and nudity in childhood are also considered. The final section examines the nude from the perspective of the artist and the artist’s model.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, comparative literature, cultural studies, gender studies, queer studies, screen studies, and trans studies.

Tartalomjegyzék:

1. On the Nude: Addressing Old and New Perspectives



Nicholas Chare and Ersy Contogouris




Part 1: On Denuding









2. The Dagenham Idol: A Neolithic Wooden Figurine Denuded





Nicholas Chare and Nathanael Price









3. Poking Out 'the Soft Part': The Raw and the Cooked Body in Peter Greenaway’s The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover





Maria Margaroni









4. Discursive Blurring in Representations of Classical Rapes and Abductions





Ersy Contogouris









5. Writing and Nudity: Nelly Arcan and Vanessa Beecroft’s Girls





Martine Delvaux






Part 2: Body Politics and the Nude









6. Images of Solace: Looking beyond Violence in Cassils’s Art





I. Milan Cail









7. S[H]E: Black Body Politics and Gender





Lisa E. Farrington









8. Un-shaming the Greenlandic Female Body: The Indigenous Nude in Performance Art





Kirsten Thisted









9. Watching One’s Back: Self-Portraits of Disabled Women’s Backs as Provocative and Protective





Ann Millet-Gallant






Part 3: Photography and the Nude







10. Nan Goldin’s Sag Harbor Pictures





Emma Wilson









11. Creating a Space and a (Visual) Language in the Work of Laura Aguilar





Ann Marie Leimer











12. The Animal Nude: Pony Play and Deborah Bright’s Being & Riding Valérie Bienvenue and Nicholas Chare





Part 4: The Male Nude









13. Queeriosity: Does Hair Have a Gender? Around Del LaGrace Volcano, Daniela Comani, Katarzyna Kozyra, Ana Mendieta, and Cindy Sherman





Frédérique Villemur









14. Art, Aesthetics, and Male Genitalia





Richard Leppert









15. Imperfect Beauty: Nudity, Classicism, Race, and Homoerotic Desire in the Male Nudes of George Dureau





James Smalls






Part 5: On Being Nude







16. A Short Story About a Big Healing (Extracts)





Joanna Frueh









17. Looking beyond the Image: Cassils in Conversation with Nicholas Chare and Ersy Contogouris





Cassils









18. Ways of Connecting with the Secret World behind the Life Model: Sarah R. Phillips in Conversation with Nicholas Chare and Ersy Contogouris





Sarah R. Phillips









19. Notes Introducing ‘(Unfinished) Soliloquy of a Nude’





Kathleen G. Williamson









20. (Unfinished) Soliloquy of a Nude
    Joanna Frueh