The Spectacular Body : Science, Method, and Meaning in the Work of Degas

The Spectacular Body : Science, Method, and Meaning in the Work of Degas

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In this handsome book, Anthea Callen deals with issues of sexuality, gender, and visual representation to illuminate the underlying meanings of Degas`s depictions of women in his series of bathers, dancers, and prostitutes. She argues that the gender politics of Degas` culture made it inevitable that he represent masculine desire-and anxieties about masculine identity evoked by such desire-through an apparently detached masculine scrutiny of the female body.

The Spectacular Body : Science, Method, and Meaning in the Work of Degas,Anthea Callen,Yale University Press,0300054432,1834-1917,19th Century Art,Aesthetics,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Degas, Edgar,,Individual Artist,Sex in art,Special Subjects In Art,Techniques - General,Themes, motives,Women in art,Art / Individual Artist,Degas, Edgar

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