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Body of art / [edited by Diane Fortenberry and Rebecca Morrill]
This survey explores the human body in art across global cultures and media from 11,000 BC to the present. Over 400 works are organised by theme, examining concepts such as identity, religion, and the body's physical limits.
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Accession Number: 10549
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View in Vernon Browser| vernon_accession | 10549 |
| vernon_id | 14333 |
| vernon_slug | body-of-art-edited-by-diane-fortenberry-and-rebecca-morrill |
| vernon_authors | Diane Fortenberry, Rebecca Morrill |
| vernon_tags | Art, Arts, Science, Life sciences, Contemporary Art, Art, Modern -- 21st century, Philosophy, Social sciences, Civilisation, Sociology, Figurative art, Realism in art, Nude in art, Human figure in art, Sex and art, Social movements, Social history, Biology, Sex (Biology), Vertebrates, Chordata, Animals, Aesthetics, Beauty, Human beings, Hominids, Primates, Mammals, Feminism, Human body, Mimesis in art, Human body -- Social aspects, Erotic art, Identity (Psychology), Self |
| vernon_production_date | 2015 |
| vernon_brief_description | On the representation of the human body in art. |
| vernon_object_type | Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication |
| vernon_locations | Stored |
| vernon_ob_status | Accessioned |
| vernon_isbn_issn | 9780714869667 |
| vernon_subject_people | Alberto Giacometti (b.1901, d.1966), Albrecht Dürer (b.1471, d.1528), Andy Warhol (b.1928, d.1987), Auguste Rodin (French, b.1840, d.1917), Bruce Nauman (b.1941), Chris Burden (b.1946, d.2015), Cindy Sherman (American, b.1954), Damien Hirst (English, b.1965), Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele (b.1890, d.1918), Francis Bacon (Irish, b.1909, d.1992), Francisco de Goya (b.1746, d.1828), François Boucher, Gustav Klimt (b.1862, d.1918), Gustave Courbet (French, b.1819, d.1877), Henri Matisse (French, b.1869, d.1954), Henry Moore (English, b.1898, d.1986), Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch, b.1450, d.1516), Jackson Pollock (American, b.1912, d.1956), Jeff Koons (American, b.1955), Jenny Saville (b.1970), Joan Jonas (b.1936), John Currin, Joseph Beuys (German, b.1921, d.1986), Kara Walker, Katsushika Hokusai (b.1760, d.1849), Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, b.1452, d.1519), Man Ray (b.1890, d.1976), Marc Chagall (Belarus, b.1887, d.1985), Marcel Duchamp (French, b.1887, d.1968), Marina Abramović (Serbia, b.1946), Martin Creed (b.1968), Michelangelo Caravaggio (Italian, b.1571, d.1610), Nan Goldin (American, b.1953), Nobuyoshi Araki (Japanese, b.1940), Pablo Picasso (b.1881, d.1973), Paul Cézanne (French, b.1839, d.1906), Pierre Bonnard (French, b.1867, d.1947), Pipilotti Rist (Swiss, b.1962), René Magritte (b.1898, d.1967), Robert Gober (American, b.1954), Ron Mueck, Sally Mann, Salvador Dalí (b.1904, d.1989), Sarah Lucas, Vanessa Beecroft, Weiwei Ai (Chinese, b.1957), Yoko Ono (Japanese, b.1933), Yves Klein (French, b.1928, d.1962) |
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