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Anatomy for the artist

By Simblet, Sarah

Hardback. English.

Published London: Dorling Kindersley, 2001

Unveiling the construction of the work of the art that is the human body, this text is a visual reference guide that takes a fresh approach to life drawing...

Simon English & the army pink snowman

By English, Simon

Hardback. English.

Published London: Black Dog, c2005

This is the first monograph on the influential yet elusive artist Simon English. Away from the Brit Art hype of the 1990s, English's oeurve has developed...

Picturing people: the new state of the art

By Mullins, Charlotte, author

Hardback. English.

Published London: Thames & Hudson, 2015

Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works depicting the human form grace the walls of public institutions and commercial galleries alike...

The remembered present

By Jackowski, Andrzej, 1947-

Hardback. English.

Published London: Black Dog, c2009

As one of the leading figurative painters of his generation, the work of Andrzej Jackowski is largely autobiographical. This book includes Jackowski's...

The body and everyday life

By Thomas, Helen, 1947-

Paperback. English.

Published London: Routledge, 2005

Offering an introduction to the main themes and issues that have emerged in the study of the body over recent years, Helen Thomas illustrates the complex...

Indeterminate bodies

Hardback. English.

Published Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

This collection looks from a variety of angles at the human body as it resists the determinations of gender, sexuality, socialisation and history

The body and the arts

Hardback. English.

Published Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

This text focuses on the dynamic relation between the body and the arts. Contributors from a variety of disciplines explore this relation across a range...

Not a toy: fashioning radical characters

Hardback. English.

Published Berlin: Pictoplasma, c2011

The female body in the looking-glass: contemporary art, aesthetics and genderland

By Sliwinska, Basia, author

Hardback. English.

Published London: I.B. Tauris, 2016

The 'mirror stage' in Lacanian psychoanalytical theory constructs the female body as lacking. However, what happens if you follow Baudrillard's advice...