The Renaissance nude

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The Renaissance nude

edited by Thomas Kren with Jill Burke and Stephen J. Campbell ; assisted by Andrea Herrera and Thomas DePasquale ; essays by Jill Burke ... [et al.]

J. Paul Getty Museum, c2018

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Exhibition catalogue

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, held at J. Paul Getty Museum at Getty Center, Los Angeles, Oct. 30, 2018-Jan. 27, 2019 and at Royal Academy of Arts, London, Mar. 2-June 2, 2019

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The Renaissance nude, 1400-1530 / Jill Burke, Stephen J. Campbell, and Thomas Kren
  • Christian imagery and the development of the nude in Europe / Thomas Kren
  • From Venus to witches: the female nude in Northern Europe / Diane Wolfthal
  • "Painting Venus" in the poetic tradition of the Early Renaissance / C. Jean Campbell
  • Naked truth: humanism, poetry, and the nude in Renaissance art / Stephen J. Campbell
  • The body in artistic theory and practice / Jill Burke
  • The Renaissance nude and the study of the antique / Davide Gasparotto
  • Unruly bodies: the uncanny, the abject, the excessive / Stephen J. Campbell
  • "Here's looking at you": ambiguities of personalizing the nude / Ulrich Pfisterer
  • Epilogue 1: Reformation and beyond in Northern Europe / Thomas Kren
  • Epilogue 2: Michelangelo's "Last Judgement" and the reception of the nude in counter-reformation Italy / Thomas DePasquale

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