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Release Date: December 01, 2009

The people in these pictures extrude a natural aura; they do not possess the body of a model, and coming across these individuals in the state that nature intended is a perfectly normal occurrence. Mother, father, son and daughter are all naked because they revel in the beauty and strength of their own bodies. This is a book about respect. In the first place it concerns the respect of parents for their children, who have learned to trust them in return. But also about respect for the wonder that is life, a phenomenon that for nine whole months is lived out in the mother's womb and which, with the baby's arrival, changes forever the lives of parents.

The nude figure was critical to the art of Edgar Degas throughout his life, and yet frequently his expansive body of work on this subject has been overshadowed by his celebrated portraits and dancers. Degas and the Nude is the first book in a generation to explore the artist's treatment of the nude from his early years in the 1850s and 1860s, through his triumphs in the 1880s and 1890s, all the way to his last decades when the theme dominated his artistic production in all media. With essays by leading American and French critics, it provides a new interpretation of Degas' evolving conception of the nude, situating it in the subject's broader context among his peers in nineteenth-century France. It explores how Degas exploited all of the body's expressive possibilities, how his vision of the nude informed his notion of modernity, and how he abandoned the classical or historical form in favor of a figure seen in her own time and setting--whether engaged in overtly carnal acts or just stepping out of an ordinary bath. More than 200 lushly rendered full-color images present a re-seeing of Degas' subject in paintings, pastels, drawings, prints and sculpture. Among them are the most important of Degas' early paintings of nudes, Scene of War in the Middle Ages, which exerted a lifelong influence on the artist's treatment of the female nude and includes poses repeated throughout his career; monotypes of the late 1870s, almost caricature-like in their imagery, illustrating Degas' most explicitly sexual depictions of women in Parisian brothels; and a number of pictures portraying the daily life of women wherever they may reside. Together these iterations range over more than a half-century of genius achievement and present a groundbreaking look at the evolution of this master artist.

Whether for work on a finished piece, trying a new technique, or getting in some practice time, this figure study enables artists to work when and where they want with their choice of model, pose, and view. The latest in the series features 12 new male and female art models—as well as Becca from the previous book—in a collection of poses selected by readers and visitors to the authors' website. The contrast has also been increased in many of the photos to provide deeper, more challenging shadows. While the guide includes individuals and couples with a wide range of body types in natural, relaxed stances as well as some inspired by classical works of art, the primary focus is on dynamic poses—twisting, scrunching, reaching, and even fighting. Poses are precisely lit, revealing every area of the model, and have been carefully chosen to illustrate important effects such as foreshortening and perspective changes. A judicious amount of photo retouc

These pictures by photographer Jan Vels show young women presenting themselves nude in public: in the pedestrian zone of a big city, in a pizzeria, among the spectators at a marathon race, strolling through a wintry landscape, or sitting in a car. Each of these locations and situations is a place where ordinary citizens wouldn't necessarily expect to encounter a beautiful nude woman. Text in English, German.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Nude Female Figure : Paperback : Watson-Guptill Publications : 9780823099917 : 0823099911 : 06 Dec 2007 : A compilation of hundreds of classic poses of the female nude. It includes full colour photographs which are grouped into the various traditional positions you would find in any classic positions: standing, seated, kneeling, crouching, reclining, bending, as well as posts in motion and a special section that focuses on hands and feet.

For centuries the nude body was the highest expression of human aspiration. The nude was a vehicle to express many meanings, be they religious, classical, or literary. "The Language of the Nude" acknowledges the weighty significance of the nude in our world and demonstrates how art has responded to its challenges through the ages and throughout Europe. Divided into four sections, this catalogue examines the major advances in drawing practice: the influence of Michelangelo and Raphael in the Renaissance; the dialogue between northern and southern influence in seventeenth-century Netherlands; the earlier formation and ultimate dominance of the Academie in eighteenth-century France; and, the refined academic method applied to native subjects in nineteenth-century Germany. The book includes many important and lesser known works such as: Giuseppe Cades' Rinaldo and Armida; Peter Paul Rubens' drawing of a figure after Michelangelo; Boucher's Birth of Venus; and, Albrecht Durer's Female Nude with a Staff. Heroes, gods, goddesses, and other religious figures are made sublime by being depicted in the nude. This Crocker collection does justice to such a noble subject.

In this latest work from the master of the contemporary photographic nude, Bitesnich displays his consummate flair for capturing the abstract beauty of the human body. His exacting lighting, extraordinary arrangements of figures, and sense for the novel set him apart. Transforming curves and profiles into highly kinetic compositions, he challenges us to see the familiar in fresh ways. Displaying technical excellence and artistic originality these images redefine the boundaries of nude photography.

In the years following Willem de Kooning's exhibition of the Woman paintings in 1953, a younger generation of American painters turned to the subject of the nude. This study focuses on selected nudes by seven noted American painters, including Larry Rivers, Tom Wesselmann, Sylvia Sleigh and Joan Semmel and examines the complex range of issues and ideas associated with the nude in postwar American culture.

Release Date: September 01, 2009

Of INTEREST TO ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHERS ‘Posing the Nude Figure’ ~ Developed and Illustrated by Giovanni Caliendo This publication evolved during years of working with professional models at our studio. It became a necessity as a working tool and it was especially useful during those long modeling sessions. This updated and expanded set of illustrations were developed as a very user friendly working tool to be used by everyone, including artists, photographers, art instructors, students and professional models. ‘Posing the Nude Figure’ can easily help you organize any posing session well in advance and in chronological order. Later while the posing session is in progress, show the next illustrated pose to the model, then with minor adjustments the work can speedily resumes. I found ‘Posing the Nude Figure’ helpful especially with novice models while maintaining a professional decorum and avoiding those seemingly lengthy awkward moments. The advantage which you will gain from the moment you use the ‘Posing the Nude Figure’ will be the time and money saved when positioning any models. ~ ~

Release Date: October 30, 2007

More than two hundred full-color photos of women in motion and at restStanding. Seated. Reclining. Kneeling. Bending. Crouching. Running. World-renowned photographerMark Edward Smith has captured women of every age and form in every type of movement, then gathered his striking, unusual images into The Nude Female Figure. An indispensable reference forartists who have limited access to live figure models, this remarkable book features striking imagesof shapely young women as well as elegiac photos ofmore mature women. The models in these full-colorpictures include women of every type—slenderwomen, not-so-slender women, pregnant women, and women of color. A special section shows closeupsof the hands and feet. Each pose is beautiful, andthe unparalleled attention to composition, lighting, and reproduction make it easy for artists to see therelationships between the parts of the body and tostudy the classic female figure.• A must-have reference for all artists• Beautiful composition and lighting by aworld-renowned photographer andbest-selling author—125, 000 books sold• All in color for the first time—at same greatprice as The Nude Figure

Without such a monumental hangover that rainy morning, Store Detective Barney Cunard might have chuckled at the naked clothes dummy so bawdily displayed on his desk. But the subsequent discovery of the very nude, very real and very dead body of Nora Gleason in the green-hued window of Westervelt's Department Store was no joke. By the creator of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. A Pulpville Press book.

While no book can replace a live model, this photographic guide to the human form provides an array of figures for those who do not have access to live models. The latest in the series, this guide features two new models and an entirely new collection of photographs. Posed in a variety of classical and modern positions, the models appear in a clear, clean environment that is void of distractions and enhances the figure. All of the high-resolution photographs were painstakingly edited and adjusted to yield all the nuances of the figures. The PC- and Mac-compatible companion CD-ROM contains 24 photographs per pose that, in total, comprise a full 360-degree view. Each angle of every pose can be enlarged, enabling artists to zoom in on specific body parts to discover their intricate detail or project the photos to lifelike proportions. The CD also offers the flexibility of numerous viewing options—on a computer screen, printed out, projected for a group, or via a high-definition television when connected through a computer.

Release Date: June 30, 2009

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Monks, Nudes, and Rollerskates: Life Begins at 40 by James A. Cortese Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New quot;Next time, TAKE THE TURNPIKE, quot; this billboard outside of Fort Worth, Texas admonished drivers in the 1950s. It was not in the nature of longtime Memphis Commercial Appeal columnist Jim Cortese to heed these words. quot;Lord Lord Is this all there is to life? Is this the end of all those youthful dream

A book showing the unique working style of British artist Fiona Banner, a Turner Prize nominee, who uses a nude model and then rather than painting the image, describes it in words painted on a large canvas.

A book showing the unique working style of British artist Fiona Banner, a Turner Prize nominee, who uses a nude model and then rather than painting the image, describes it in words painted on a large canvas. This is the signed limited edition of this title.

From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.

“I think the most beautiful things in the world are things in flux, ” says Kat Warren-Bineki, the heroine of Nude Walker. Everything about Kat’s world is in flux. She hails from Warrenside, Pennsylvania, a once prosperous town named after her mother’s family. With the death of the steel industry, Warrenside has fallen on hard times; when its economy falters, Kat and her parents are among the few citizens still eking out a living there. And then there’s Kat’s love life. As the young, beautiful granddaughter of a proud old-guard industrialist, she has plenty of suitors and a longtime boyfriend; certainly she has no business falling in love with Max Asad. After all, Max is the aloof only son of a newly arrived Lebanese entrepreneur who, despite the resistance of Warrenside’s traditionalists, has bought up most of its dilapidated downtown and is trying to get it off life support. But when Max and Kat return from Afghanistan, where both served with the National Guard, they share a series of intriguing encounters, and soon neither can deny that their romance has changed them. Kat forfeits her social standing by declaring love for a bitterly resented foreigner, and when Max’s heart wins out, he jeopardizes his father’s dreams for a brighter, better Warrenside. As their families feud (sometimes comically, sometimes ferociously), the old town braces for an epic flood, and the city’s denizens try frantically to realize their ambitions—with love, lust, insurance fraud, hallucinations . . . any means of outrunning their obsolescence. Above all, Nude Walker is a story of forbidden love seen through the prism of post-industrial America. Bathsheba Monk writes with flinty wit and warm spirit, but she’s unlike other writers we know. In a voice as true as it is disarming, she depicts the kaleidoscopic tensions between generations and cultures. As Library Journal said about her, “Monk makes us see that we are all exiles in a changing world.” In Nude Walker, she offers an unlikely romance about the fantastical myths we weave to define ourselves in unmoored times.

Free Worldwide Delivery : The Nude Figure : Paperback : Watson-Guptill Publications : 9780823032327 : 0823032329 : 01 Sep 1998 : Aims to provide the next best thing to an actual life drawing studio. This book contains a compilation of traditional life drawing poses and positions revealing nuances of light, shadow, musculature, detail and definition.

Every shelf or coffee table is deserving of a classy nudes collection and photographer Gene Geter's New York Nudes is the one. See it to believe it. Believe it to see it. It's a book that talks to you, each model, each shot, radiates sensitivity and wonder.

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Nude in Paradise by Mark Laurie Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Details ISBN 1436356466 ISBN-13 9781436356466 Title Nude in Paradise Author Mark Laurie Format Paperback Year 2009 Pages 164 Publisher Xlibris Corporation Dimensions 8.5 in. x 11 in. x 0.4 in. About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your reading and entertainment needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1, 000

Release Date: May 04, 2010

Learn to sketch an anatomically precise human figure with this complete guide to nude drawings that introduces the primary principles of proportion, structure, posture, and volume, as well as more complex concepts of rhythm and composition. Advice and suggestions for tackling the most difficult aspects of nude illustration, such as producing an overall lifelike appearance, are also provided. Packed with ideas, techniques, and more than 100 illustrations, this guide will inspire and instruct novice and expert artists alike.

“I think the most beautiful things in the world are things in flux, ” says Kat Warren-Bineki, the heroine of Nude Walker. Everything about Kat’s world is in flux. She hails from Warrenside, Pennsylvania, a once prosperous town named after her mother’s family. With the death of the steel industry, Warrenside has fallen on hard times; when its economy falters, Kat and her parents are among the few citizens still eking out a living there. And then there’s Kat’s love life. As the young, beautiful granddaughter of a proud old-guard industrialist, she has plenty of suitors and a longtime boyfriend; certainly she has no business falling in love with Max Asad. After all, Max is the aloof only son of a newly arrived Lebanese entrepreneur who, despite the resistance of Warrenside’s traditionalists, has bought up most of its dilapidated downtown and is trying to get it off life support. But when Max and Kat return from Afghanistan, where both served with the National Guard, they share a series of intriguing encounters, and soon neither can deny that their romance has changed them. Kat forfeits her social standing by declaring love for a bitterly resented foreigner, and when Max’s heart wins out, he jeopardizes his father’s dreams for a brighter, better Warrenside. As their families feud (sometimes comically, sometimes ferociously), the old town braces for an epic flood, and the city’s denizens try frantically to realize their ambitions—with love, lust, insurance fraud, hallucinations . . . any means of outrunning their obsolescence. Above all, Nude Walker is a story of forbidden love seen through the prism of post-industrial America. Bathsheba Monk writes with flinty wit and warm spirit, but she’s unlike other writers we know. In a voice as true as it is disarming, she depicts the kaleidoscopic tensions between generations and cultures. As Library Journal said about her, “Monk makes us see that we are all exiles in a changing world.” In Nude Walker, she offers an unlikely romance about the fantastical myths we weave to define ourselves in unmoored times.

In the 1960s the movies were full of them. In the 70s they were TV stars; in the 80s they were supermodels. And in the 90s, they were making porn. But today, in the first decade on the 21st century, a true super beauty is the rarest thing in the world. The women who knock our socks off seem to have disappeared. Super beauty is the best of everything in a woman, both physically and spiritually. A super beautiful women is tall, with long hair, a pretty face, big natural breasts, a thin waist, curvy hips and long legs. But she is also intelligent, sexy, independent, talented, purposeful, courageous, benevolent, and happy - all the good things a woman can be. It is these things - her superior spirituality and superlative sexuality - that put her on a higher level, that lift her into the realm of super beauty. What happened to the Raquel Welchs and "Ann-Margrets"? The Farrah Fawcetts and Daisy Dukes? Where are the Cindy Crawfords and Laetitia Castas? The Jenna Jamesons and the Tera Patricks? Where are the new girls to replace them? Where are the young women who embody this supreme level of female beauty? Not in the movies. And not on TV. They're no longer on the fashion runways or magazine covers either. Occasionally they pop up in print ads or TV commercials. We also see isolated super beauties in men's magazines, calendars and tabloids, but they are no longer the norm. 10 years ago, when super beauty was becoming scarce, a little thing came along called Body in Mind. It was a small website with a simple mission: to see super beauty into the new millenium. The good news is there's as many super beauties in the world today as there's ever been, but you have to look. Today, we continue to search the world for the most stunning beauties we can find and our success in creating memorable images of them has spilled over into this book. I'm proud to be able to bring to the fans of these mind-blowing women this volume of the most super beautiful ones in the world - the female stars of the modern tasteful nudes movement. They are bright, bodacious, exuberant girls who love themselves and their beauty, and who take pleasure in making life so much more enjoyable. We dare say you won't find a collection of so much super beauty in any one place anywhere else. We hope this book makes you remember how wonderfully powerful female beauty can be how inspiring, naturally stimulating and interesting.