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• ch. 1. Idols, myths, and magic: the body in antiquity
• ch. 2. Body re-born: the Middle Ages
• ch. 3. Apotheosis of the body: Mannerism and Baroque
• ch. 4. Sublime body: the eighteenth century
• ch. 5. Body in colour: the nineteenth century
• ch. 6. Abjection and assemblage: the body in the twentieth century.

This book is a celebration of figurative art, essential to those interested in both traditional techniques and the latest developments in the art of the figure. An expansive survey of contemporary figurative art, The Figure showcases work by acclaimed artists including Jenny Saville, Eric Fischl, and Will Cotton alongside emerging talents. Artists' texts and essays by distinguished critics, writers, and thinkers chart the evolution of figurative techniques, from the atelier to the use of photography, Photoshop, and 3D-modeling programs. Centred on the renowned New York Academy of Art-where many of the featured artists are alumni or instructors-this collection reflects the institution's mission to instil the rigorous training of past generations within the lively dialogue of the present day. Championed by artists, scholars, and patrons of the arts, including Andy Warhol, since its founding in 1982, the Academy continues to serve as a creative and intellectual centre at the vanguard of representational art. With a wealth of imagery displaying some of the finest examples of the genre in all mediums, this richly illustrated volume attests to the enduring appeal of the art of the human figure.
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Published to coincide with the first exhibition in the new Great Court exhibition space, opening in November 2000, this book gathers together 60 of the most remarkable representations of the human image from the collections of the British Museum. Chosen from all epochs and civilizations, from prehistory to the present, the images illuminate a number of themes, including abstractions and primitivism; the ideal form; the inscribed body; creation and fertility; gender; monarchs, chiefs and ancestors; guardians and warriors; drapery and dress; altered states; "other people"; and portraits.
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This magnificently illustrated book accompanies the most ambitious exhibition in the Hayward Gallery's program for the year 2000. "Spectacular Bodies: The Art and Science of the Human Body from Leonardo da Vinci to Now" is a ground-breaking exhibition with the potential to be a visual, cultural, and academic revelation with profound impact. The project encourages a new way of looking at visual objects from the territories that are conventionally labeled 'medicine' and 'art'. The human body is an astounding feat of engineering. For centuries man has striven to understand its complexities, both artistically and anatomically, often resorting to human dissection.Illustrating the point at which medicine and art collide, "Know Thyself" brings together an extraordinary range of more than 250 objects from more than eighty medical and art museums and collections worldwide. Works of art from across the centuries include the anatomical drawings of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Durer, and Stubbs, seventeenth-century portraits of surgeons and paintings by great masters including Rembrandt, Hogarth, Courbet, Gericault, and Degas. These works will be shown in a new context alongside medical instruments, prints, and drawings used in the medical study of the human face and body, and life-size anatomical models.Today, as forensic and medical sciences advance as never before - with the development of genetic fingerprinting, cryogenics, and designer babies - artists continue to find inspiration in the human body. Video installations, photography, and sculpture will present new perspectives on the historic material. The eight contemporary artists involved range from internationally celebrated video artists Bill Viola and Tony Oursler, to younger artists like Gerhard Lang, Christine Borland, and Marc Quinn.
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