THE SPECTACULAR BODY: Science, Method, and Meaning in the Work of Degas

Callen, Anthea

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1995. Hardcover. "...explores the ways in which the human body - especially the female body - was visualized by artists in late nineteenth-century Paris. Focusing on the work of Degas, it deals with issues of sexuality, gender, and visual representation to illuminate the underlying meanings of the famed Impressionist's depictions of women in his series of bathers, dancers, and prostitutes." Illustrated. Small quarto: 256 p. Original red cloth binding. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. Fine / Fine. Item #75427
ISBN: 0300054432

Price: $35.00