This Paperback Book item from Thames & Hudson was reviewed on 26-Oct-2008. Search ISBN:050028475X offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes Reference Book. Classifications : Photography Visual Arts Humanities New & Used Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books General AAS New & Used Textbooks Custom Stores Specialty Stores Books General AAS Qualifying Textbooks Cust . Click the following link to view the cover of Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes. Related topics: Photography. Visual Arts. Humanities. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. General AAS. Custom Stores. Specialty Stores. Books. requestid: f01f2a78-ab14-458f-a225-99aebdfa00cf
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1) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. This book is one of my favorite out of the last 4-5 that I ordered. It had a ton of good writing about the photography, as well as the photographs. They had explanations as to why a certain photo was natural, or taboo. I really recommend this!¤ 2) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. Not what I expected at all. Very disappointed. Basically naked people, athletic or not. Many od photos, B & W besides.¤ 3) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. Returned it -- SORRY¤ 4) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. I purchased this book hoping for some artistic pictures such as might be suitable for framing. What I found instead is a jumble of photos that are anything but. A completely disappointing collection at best.¤ 5) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. Contrary to what one might suppose from its title, this lavish portfolio does not compile nude portraits of celebrity sports figures or body-builder enthusiasts. Rather, most of the pictures included portray the health/hygiene and nature spirituality aspects of the multiform clothing-free movement from its earliest days. Together with a highly informative text, the pictures make evident the relevance of the values and practices of naturist/nudist groups for modern dance, film, art, gymnastics, and the recreational conventions of the larger popular culture. The high quality reproductions are printed on heavy photographic-quality paper and bound in an oversize volume by a firm in Switzerland specializing in the publication of art books. Kuhnst is Professor of Sports Science at the University of Bochum (Germany).¤ 6) Paperback Book Physique: Classic Photographs of Naked Athletes by Thames & Hudson. In Physique, Peter Kuhnst traces the history of the nude athlete in photography through distinct historical eras. He begins in the mid-19th century with images from the early years of photography and proceeds to the ´moving´ nude as exemplified by Eadweard Muybridge and the painterly photography of Pictorialism. In the second section, covering the first half of the 20th century, Kuhnst focuses on European Naturalism and the creative images of nudes in sport by photographers representing the New Objectivity. The rise of Nazism was accompanied by a tendency toward a heroic view of the nude in photography, which was influenced in part by Italian Futurism; Leni Riefenstahl was a primary exponent of this movement. The third section identifies a number of different photographic styles devoted to tradition, to rebellious protest and to provocative gags, and examines the aesthetic works of such American photographers as Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber and Annie Leibovitz.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 23-Nov-2008, 050028475X9780500284759, 5X0-650-630-700-001-101-5KB-I4B-8 
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