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Male Desire : The Homoerotic in American Art by Jonathan Weinberg (2005, Hardcover)
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Surveys the portrayal of the male body throughout the past 150 years, exploring the works of such artists as Thomas Eakins, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Félix González-Torres, exploring each artists contribution in terms of their artistic themes and cultural contexts. 15,000 first printing.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-100810958945
ISBN-139780810958944
eBay Product ID (ePID)43757328
Product Key Features
Book TitleMale Desire : the Homoerotic in American Art
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, American / General, Lgbt Studies / Gay Studies, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Social Science
AuthorJonathan Weinberg
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight52.7 Oz
Item Length11.2 in
Item Width9.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-023749
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal704.9/423/0866420973
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisThis book is a survey of how American artists, particularly male artists, have portrayed the male body for the past two centuries. Beginning with the academic-style painting of Thomas Eakins, through the abstraction of the American avant-garde (Marsden Hartley) during the onset of modernism, to the foucs on the muscular body in the mid-twentieth century (Hugo Gellert, Thomas Pollack Anshutz, Richmond Barthe) and into the homosexual civil rights movement of the late 1960s (Warhol, Mapplethorpe, Arthur Tress) and beyond (Keith Haring, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Bruce Weber), Weinberg's engaging text highlights particular artists while paying close attention to the artistic and cultural contexts in which they worked. Sexy, beautiful, edgy, and thought provoking, this important book is a must-have for every art-book collection as well as every gay person's coffee table., Male Desire entertains, stimulates, seduces, enlightens: it is the perfect art history course, slide after delicious slide, with piquant, smart commentary." --Wayne Koestenbaum Examining the history of homoeroticism in American art, Male Desire surveys how the male body has been portrayed for the last century and a half. From the academic-style paintings of Thomas Eakins in the 19th century to Félix González-Torres's conceptual works in the "age of AIDS," this fascinating book by the well-known art historian Jonathan Weinberg highlights specific artists while illuminating the artistic and cultural contexts in which they worked. Accompanying Weinberg's engaging text are 170 compelling images of the male physique by such artists as George Bellows, Marsden Hartley, Paul Cadmus, Andy Warhol, and Robert Mapplethorpe, works that address the theme of the homoerotic in vivid and often contentious ways. While they range widely in style and content, these artworks all share a quality of excess in the way they represent the male figure. Sexy, beautiful, edgy, and thought provoking, this important book is a must-have for every art-book collection, as well as the library of every gay man.
LC Classification NumberN72.H64W45 2005
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- Nov 14, 2018
excellent collection on the subject
of interest to artists and aficionados of the human subject and fine artVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 02, 2025
Well worth a read
In great condition. A bit disappointing in contentVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
