Presents a history of the male in art of every medium, including the heroic nude of ancient Rome, the feminized male nude of the French rococo, and the exaggerated male characteristics of the Baroque.
A fascinating study of the male nude in art : the image which provokes the most powerful of taboos but which has dominated the history of art for centuries. The myth of Adam, the 1st man, is about passing from the unclothed state of innocence to the clothed state of experience...