num_pages: 231
description: Through scholarly essays and sumptuous reproductions, this catalogue examines the obsessive themes of beauty, love, and classical art. The photographer Robert Mapplethorpe's relationships to sculpture - namely, the study of the human body - and the elongated, elaborate forms of Mannerist art illuminates the underlying classicism evident in the clarity and sensual potency of all his subjects, as well as their explosive energy.
language: English
title: Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition
titlecomplete: Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition
genres: Art, Photography
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S.