Naked: the nude in America

Abstract

Surveys the history of the nude in American art, photography, and popular culture.

Contents

Developing the myth of feminine dependency -- From Hercules to Superman -- The "new" woman : fading flower or scourge of nature? -- The dangerous incursion of physical reality -- Retreat to the dream -- The sexual geography of the human body -- Discovery of the pubes -- The socio-cultural dimension -- Modernism and the anti-classical body aesthetic -- The subconscious and the nude -- Invasion of the Pin-up queens -- The inexorable rise of the breast -- Art, prurience, pop, or porn? -- Naked trends and enduring traditions.