The nude
Subtitle: a study in ideal form.
Series: Bollingen series,; 35; A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts,; 2
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1956
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Nude in art
Description: 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.

"The simple and often quite beautiful statement of a man of letters . . . [in] a book which is as much a pleasure to read as it is informative and provocative."--The New York Times.

"A feminist critique of a male (and Western) view of the Tantric tradition [and also] a balanced reassessment of a tradition too long misunderstood."--Parabola.

"Probably no one else alive today writes about art with Sir Kenneth's precise combination of intelligence, urbanity, and erudition. . . . This is an important book and a fascinating one, and the illustrations do much to illuminate it."--The New Yorker.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 417-421.
Includes index.