Robert Mapplethorpe and the classical tradition
Subtitle: photographs and Mannerist prints
By: Germano Celant and Arkady Ippolitov, with Karol Vail
Contributors: Ippolitov, Arkady; Vail, Karol
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Mapplethorpe, Robert -- Exhibitions; Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions
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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references