Naked Men : Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

David Leddick

ISBN 10: 0789300796 / ISBN 13: 9780789300799

Editore: Universe Publishing, 1997

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Universe hardcover in dust jacket, 1997, 1st edition/1st printing, SIGNED on front endpaper: "with best wishes, David Leddick June 26, 1997" also SIGNED by Ethan Winslow, minimal wear-no tears/creases; Near Fine/Near Fine. We will add a custom fitted mylar cover, bubble-wrap the book and ship it in a BOX with delivery confirmation/tracking. Codice articolo 1476L

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Titolo: Naked Men : Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

Casa editrice: Universe Publishing

Data di pubblicazione: 1997

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good

autografato: Signed by Author(s)

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

This extraordinary book documents a fascinating moment in the history of American culture--a period in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's that gave birth to new notions of male beauty and desire, and to a new type of male icon. Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, there was a small group of daring men--both photographers and the models who sat for them--who helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Led by the photographer George Platt Lynes, the painter Paul Cadmus, and the arts patron Lincoln Kirstein, this group shattered taboos surrounding the artistic presentation of the male figure. The young subjects of these photographs--who often posed after-hours in studios officially used for fashion shoots--were in essence the first true male models. In a perfect complement to the intimacy of these early nudes, photographs are included of these men today. The pictures and stories in Naked Men are as relevant and evocative today as they were a half a century ago.

L'autore:

David Leddick began his career as a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera of New York and subsequently worked as a creative director for Revlon and L'Oréal advertising. He is currently an advertising consultant. His first novel, My Worst Date, was published in 1996. He divides his time between Paris and Miami Beach.

Ethan Winslow took the contemporary portraits of the living models for this book. A photographer and writer who has lived in England, New Guinea, Ireland, and the United States, Winslow currently resides in Baltimore and has just completed his first novel.