The Italian Renaissance nude /

The Italian Renaissance nude /

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Author / Creator:	Burke, Jill, 1971- author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource (240 pages) : 120 illustrations (chiefly color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Nude in art. Art, Renaissance -- Italy. Art, Italian. Art, Italian. Art, Renaissance. Nude in art. Italy.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13440168

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Other authors / contributors:	Yale University Press, publisher.
ISBN:	9780300269727 0300269722 9780300201567 0300201567
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-230) and index. Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on June 21, 2022).
Summary:	"The first scholarly monograph to focus on the inception of the Italian Renaissance nude, this lively study subverts the idea that the nude in this period was a triumph of classical revival. Looking again at familiar (even overly familiar) images by artists such as Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Titian, this book investigates the nude as a tool of colonialism and conquest, as a means of asserting the superiority of men to women, and of naturalizing power differentials by entrenching them in a fixed set of ideas about the body and its representation. Jill Burke uses new research on Renaissance sexual practices, material culture, and the history of medicine to contextualize the era's fascination with nakedness and the body in both art and life. The Italian Renaissance Nude invites readers to consider these celebrated nudes from beyond an aesthetic perspective-to consider why they were painted, whose gaze the images were created for, and how these artworks were used"--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Burke, Jill, 1971- Italian Renaissance nude 9780300201567

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (240 pages) : 120 illustrations (chiefly color)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-230) and index.
ISBN:	9780300269727 0300269722 9780300201567 0300201567