Master Breasts : Objectified, Aesthetisized, Fantasized, Eroticized, Feminized by Photographys Most Titillating Masters...

English

ISBN: 0893818038

EAN: 9780893818036

Category: Photography / Subjects & Themes / Portraits/Photography / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General/

Publisher: Aperture Foundation, Incorporated

Release Date: 09/01/1998

Synopsis: The most revealing look at breasts. Photographs of breasts are everywhere: in museums, on book covers, in fashion ads, and on posters. Alluring symbols of womanhood, breasts have fascinated generations of image makers. Here, for the first time between two covers, is the breast in photography: the titillating breast, the maternal breast, the aging breast, and the symbolic breast. In Master Breasts, darkly witty political images of the 1970s jostle for space with Edward Westons classic nudes; Nan Goldins friends share pages with Robert Mapplethorpes gorgeously sculptured models. From Alfred Stieglitzs classic studies of Georgia OKeeffe to Mary Ellen Marks vivid documentary portraits, they are all here. Other artists include Cindy Sherman, Imogen Cunningham, and Sally Mann. A witty and reflective Introduction from the acclaimed novelist and essayist Francine Prose further links the images, while a monologue from Karen Finleys recent performance piece American Chestnut, The Detective, reveals a young girls anguish about breast-inspired catcalls and jokes and then sardonically calls for similar cultural treatment of the male anatomy. Finally, in Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fos radically funny play The Story of the Tiger, the benefits of breast-feeding are celebrated as never before.

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Master Breasts : Objectified, Aesthetisized, Fantasized, Eroticized, Feminized by Photographys Most Titillating Masters...

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Width: 9.56 inches

Length: 11.38 inches

Weight: 36.68 oz

Pages: 112