American Adonis
Subtitle: Tony Sansone, The First Male Physique Icon
Publisher: Universe Publishing
Published: July 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780789310729
Subjects: Photographs: portraits; Photography; Photo Techniques; Photoessays & Documentaries; Subjects & Themes - Portraits; Photography / History; Photography / Individual Photographer; General
Description: "Anthony Sansone (1905-1987), the first male physique icon and the most admired bodybuilder of his time. Like his contemporary Rudolph Valentino, Sansone was one of the first to make male beauty a desirable commodity. Through innumerable reproductions of his photographs, his fitness program publications, and the three gyms he founded, Sansone set and shaped the physical ideal that a whole generation of men would follow." "Tony Sansone moved within a number of worlds and interacted with some illustrious characters: art (Gertrude Whitney), bodybuilding (Charles Atlas), dance (Alexandre Gavrilov), Hollywood (Johnny Weissmuller), theater (David Belasco), and photography (Nickolas Muray). American Adonis uncovers the lost story of Sansone's life along with reproductions of his sculpted, godlike body, many of which have not been seen in more than fifty years."--BOOK JACKET.