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Great Drawings of Nudes: 45 Works

By Carol Belanger Grafton

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2003
ISBN
9780486147154
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
14 MB (15060942 bytes)
Series
Dover Art Library
Pages
0\0
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Time added
2019-02-12 11:16:48

Description

An impressive sampling of life drawings by 45 of the art world's greatest masters displays the styles of figure drawing across five centuries. Featured works range from Albrecht Dürer's brush-and-ink drawing of Female Nude, Seen from the Back, Holding a Staff and a Drapery to Modigliani's mixed-media Caryatid. Other splendid drawings include Raphael's image of Leda and the swan, a study by Rubens for a portrait of St. Mary Magdalen, and sketches by Hogarth, Constable, Ingres, Gauguin, Matisse, Rodin, and other artists. Of particular value to artists and students, this inexpensive collection will be treasured by all lovers of fine art. 45 black-and-white illustrations. Captions.

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