The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries.
Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods and ancient Greek reliefs, from feminist graphics and Warhol's empty electric chair to the blue-tinted complexion of Singer Sargent's Madame X. It is the most expansive examination of the human body in art, spanning western and non-western, ancient to contemporary, representative to abstract and conceptual.
Over 400 artists are featured in chapters that explore identity, beauty, religion, absent body, sex and gender, power, body's limits, abject body and bodies & space. Works range from 11,000 BC hand stencils in Argentine caves to videos and performances by contemporary artists such as Marina Abramovic, Joan Jonas and Bruce Nauman? Its fresh, accessible and dynamic voice brings to life the thrilling diversity of both classical and contemporary art through the prism of the body. More than simply a book of representations, this is an original and thought provoking look at the human body across time, cultures and media. 这是第一本赞美艺术家们以各种方式表现、审视和利用身体的书。《身体艺术》是第一本探讨人类身体作为灵感和媒介的各种方式的书。从安东尼 · 戈姆利(anthony gormley)和玛雅 · 林(maya lin)的雕塑,到八臂印度教神像和古希腊浮雕,从女权主义绘画和沃霍尔的空电椅,到歌手萨金特(sargent)的《 x 夫人》(madame x)的蓝色肤色。这是艺术中对人体最广泛的考察,跨越西方和非西方,从古代到当代,从代表到抽象和概念。超过400名艺术家在章节中探索身份、美、宗教、缺失的身体、性和性别、权力、身体的限制、可怜的身体和身体与空间。作品从公元前11000年阿根廷洞穴中的手工模板到当代艺术家的录像和表演,如玛莉娜·阿布拉莫维奇、琼 · 乔纳斯和布鲁斯 · 诺曼?通过身体的棱镜,它清新、易懂、充满活力的声音赋予古典和当代艺术惊人的多样性以生命。这不仅仅是一本书的陈述,这是一个原始的和发人深省的看待人的身体跨越时间,文化和媒体。 基本信息 ASIN : 071486966X 出版社 : Phaidon Press; 第 Illustrated 版 (2015年10月12日) 语言 : 英语 精装 : 440页 ISBN-10 : 9780714869667 ISBN-13 : 978-0714869667 商品重量 : 3.08 kilograms 尺寸 : 24.13 x 3.81 x 31.12 cm
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