The Female Body in Art
$62.40
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
18 May 2026
Summary
From the Renaissance to the present day, this is the history of art told through the female form, with over 80 works of art.
A cultural mirror of the times, the female body has captivated both artists and audiences for centuries. But what can we learn from these pieces of art? What are they trying to tell us about the world we live in? And how has that changed over time?
Explore the luminous portraiture of Gustav Klimt, astonishing wartime photography from Lee Miller and the g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399626736 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399626736 |
| Author: | Amy Dempsey |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Laurence King Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 1.17kg |
| Dimensions: | 252mm x 232mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Amy Dempsey
Amy Dempsey is an art historian who studied at Hunter College in New York and received her doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Dempsey is the author of the international bestseller Styles, Schools & Movements: The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art (2002, 2010, updated and revised edition 2026), the groundbreaking Destination Art (2006, 2011), the first monographs on Almuth Tebbenhoff (2025) and Alfio Bonanno (2020), and three titles in Thames & Hudson’s Art Essentials series: Modern Art (2018), Surrealism (2019) and Destination Art (2021).
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