Bathers, Bodies, Beauty: The Visceral Eye Tapa dura - 2006

Harvard University Press, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Harvard University Press, 02/06/2006 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.7879 in x 18.0163 in x 17.2569 in.

Harvard University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 2006. Hardcover. VG/VG (light foxing to upper block, pages are otherwise very clean and crisp). Half blue, half tan boards with blue lettering on spine, blue dust jacket with color illustration on front cover, 342 pp, richly illustrated in color. "What meets the eye in Renoir's paintings of nude bathers? To some viewers, they are the very picture of female sensuality and beauty. To others, they embody a whole tradition of masculine mastery and feminine display. Yet others find in these naked women a fantasy of bodily liberation. The points of view are many, various, and occasionally startling. Linda Nochlin's aim in looking at works of art is not to construct a unitary response but to pull things apart, to leave the reader unsettled, confronting the contradictions - about the body, beauty, and ways of viewing - in the work of impressionists, modern masters, contemporary realists, and postmodernists."--Jacket. Contents include: Renoir's Great bathers :… Leer más

Harvard University Press, 2006-05-22. Hardcover. Used:Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New. Focuses on the painterly pre-occupation with bathing, whether at the beach, in lakes and rivers, in public swimming pools, or in bathtubs. This book brings to bear a lifetime of looking at, teaching, talking about, wrestling with, loving, and hating art to reveal and complicate the lived and felt - the visceral - experience of art.

Harvard Univ Pr, 2006. Hardcover. New. 352 pages. 7.75x7.00x1.00 inches.

Harvard University Press, 2006-05-22. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!