1000 Nudes. A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939 - Rilegato

Koetzle, Hans-Michael; Scheid, Uwe

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ISBN 10: 3836554461 ISBN 13: 9783836554466

Casa editrice: Taschen GmbH, 2022

Riassunto

The history of nude photography is the history of people’s fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographers, theoreticians, and consumers over such a long period—more than 150 years. No other motif is as prevalent as this one during all the phases of development comprising the history of photography, no other is present, whatever the technique, and is a subject of discussion within the context of nearly all aesthetic movements. Nor has any other pictorial topic produced such a variety of specialities as the nude: from the ethnological interpretation of the body to the glamour shot, from nudist photography to the pin-up of today. No other photographic field of application has inspired as much desire as it has awakened official wrath.1000 Nudes offers a cross section of the history of nude photography, ranging from the earliest nude daguerreotypes and ethnographic nude photographs to experimental nude photography. The period of time spanned by this work is from 1839 to roughly 1939, from the medium’s infancy to the end of the classic modernist period. Content-wise, the book pays tribute to the full range of pictorial approaches, from the manually elaborated artistic nudes of the turn of the century, enveloped in layers of theory, to the “obscene” postcard motifs which had not the slightest artistic pretension and were intended to exert a maximum effect on the buyer’s wallet.

All the pictures shown are taken from the late Uwe Scheid’s collection, one of the world’s largest and most important collections of erotic photography.

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L'autore:

Hans-Michael Koetzle est écrivain et critique d'art. Auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur l'histoire et l'esthétique de la photographie, entre autres, Die Zeitschrift twen (1995), Photo Icons (2001), Das Lexikon der Fotografen (2002) et René Burri (2004).

Uwe Scheid (1944-2000) collectionnait les photographies de nus artistiques et érotiques, datant pour la plupart des débuts de la photo, des années 1920 et 1930. Scheid faisait partie de la Société Allemande de Photographie, de la Société Européenne pour l'Histoire de la Photographie, du Club Daguerre et de la Société Daguérienne.

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• Editore: Taschen GmbH
• Data di pubblicazione: 2022
• ISBN 10: 3836554461
• ISBN 13: 9783836554466
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 576