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Male trouble
May. 15th, 2007 10:47 pmI got you with the subject-title didn't I? That's exactly what happened to me when I noticed this book in the shop: I had to buy it;) I've been reading it the past week(s). I had some trouble getting through the preface, but when the first chapther called Joe Camel "an amalgam of penis and testicles" I knew it would be interesting to go on;)
Author Abigail Solomon-Godeau tries to answer the question: "Why did the male nude dominate French art throughout the French Revolution and then largely disappear?" Ahem. I've always wanted to know that. Luckily she uses a lot of pictures ofnekkid men paintings to illustrate her thesis. And a lot of big words, so it's very educational. *innocent face*
I wanted to properly link to a review I found, but since that page has a lot of annoying pop-ups I'm gonna paste the complete article here. For your convenience I'll post the links to some of the paintings outside the cut, so you don't have to browse through all the text to get to the pretty;)
( So, why are there so many naked guys in these paintings? )
Summary: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson's Sleep of Endymion and the work of Jacques Louis David are the basis for most of Solomon-Godeau's theory about the abundance of beautiful male bodies on display in this particular period. She explains how the art in this time and place -and other patriarchal societies- is mostly homosocial in origine, if not homoerotic. She shows how the masculine ideal, whether in the guise of virile hero or passive youths (then AND now!) raises important questions about the fashioning of masculinity itself.
I'm on page 145 of 254, my favorite paintings -so far- are by Francois-Xavier Fabre. Check out theguys art!
Author Abigail Solomon-Godeau tries to answer the question: "Why did the male nude dominate French art throughout the French Revolution and then largely disappear?" Ahem. I've always wanted to know that. Luckily she uses a lot of pictures of
I wanted to properly link to a review I found, but since that page has a lot of annoying pop-ups I'm gonna paste the complete article here. For your convenience I'll post the links to some of the paintings outside the cut, so you don't have to browse through all the text to get to the pretty;)
( So, why are there so many naked guys in these paintings? )
Summary: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson's Sleep of Endymion and the work of Jacques Louis David are the basis for most of Solomon-Godeau's theory about the abundance of beautiful male bodies on display in this particular period. She explains how the art in this time and place -and other patriarchal societies- is mostly homosocial in origine, if not homoerotic. She shows how the masculine ideal, whether in the guise of virile hero or passive youths (then AND now!) raises important questions about the fashioning of masculinity itself.
I'm on page 145 of 254, my favorite paintings -so far- are by Francois-Xavier Fabre. Check out the
