Naked: The Nude in America

Bram Dijkstra

Rizzoli, 2010 - Art - 476 pages

With more than 350 colour illustrations, this is an exhaustive presentation of the nude and the naked in American art and photography, from the 18th-century to the present.

About the author

Bram Dijkstra is professor emeritus of comparative literature and cultural history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of numerous books, including American Expressionism, Art and Social Change, 1920-1950 and Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Naked: The Nude in America
• Author: Bram Dijkstra
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Rizzoli, 2010
• ISBN: 0847833666, 9780847833665
• Length: 476 pages
• Subjects: Art / American / General; Art / General; Art / Subjects & Themes / Erotica; Art / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure; Social Science / Popular Culture