The boy
by
 
Greer, Germaine, 1939-

Title
The boy

Author
Greer, Germaine, 1939-

ISBN
9780500238097
 
9780500284889

Personal Author
Greer, Germaine, 1939-

Publication Information
London : Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Physical Description
256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 29 cm

Contents
What is a Boy? -- The Boy is Beautiful -- Love is a Boy -- The Castration of Cupid -- The Passive Love Object -- Play Boys -- Servant Boys -- Soldier Boys -- The Icon of Male Vulnerability -- The Female Gaze.

Abstract
"With over two hundred images drawn from the whole history of Western art, illustrating the vicissitudes of the beautiful male, as toy boy, virgin soldier, naked martyr or winged genius, angel or seducer, narcissist or worshipper, we are invited to appreciate boys in all their sensuality, spontaneity and vulnerability. In exploring the iconic ideal of the beautiful boy, whether a sculpture of Cupid or David, a painting by Caravaggio or Van Dyck, or a photograph by Nan Goldin or Sally Mann, Germaine Greer demolishes one of the last great Western taboos."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
Boys in art.
 
Artes (filosofia;teoria)
 
Beeldende kunsten.
 
Feminisme.
 
Jongens.
 
Jovens.
 
Mann (Motiv) (DE-588)4123709-2
 
Kunst. (DE-588)4114333-4
 
Männliche Jugend (Motiv) (DE-588)4494257-6
 
Männliche Jugend (Motiv)
 
Kunst.
 
Boys in art. (OCoLC)fst00837394


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