num_pages: 106
description: Adonis: The Male Physique Pin-Up 1870-1940 brings to light the pioneering work of the early male physique photographers. Adonis traces the history and development of the genre from the classic fin-de-siècle statuesque pose of the first musclemen to the wasp-waisted boys of mid-century Hollywood. It offers differing concepts of male beauty from a time when legs were called limbs and sex was a base instinct. Here, in one volume, is the evolution of the male body beautiful - dreamy languid nudes, stunning athletes and vaudeville strongmen.
language: English
title: Adonis: The Male Physique Pin-Up 1870-1940
titlecomplete: Adonis: The Male Physique Pin-Up 1870-1940
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Heretic Books