The Renaissance nude

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"An examination of the development of the nude as an artistic motif in the visual culture of Renaissance Europe, 1400-1530"--Provided by publisher.

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Introduction: the Renaissance nude, 1400-1530 / Thomas Kren, Jill Burke, and Stephen J. Campbell -- The nude and christian art. Christian imagery and the development of the nude in Europe / Thomas Kren -- Humanism and the expansion of secular themes. From Venus to witches: the female nude in Northern Europe / Diane Wolfthal -- Painting Venus in the poetic tradition of the Early Renaissance / C. Jean Campbell -- Naked truth: humanism, poetry, and the nude in Renaissance art / Stephen J. Campbell -- Artistic theory and practice. The body in artistic theory and practice / Jill Burke -- The Renaissance nude and the study of the antique / Davide Gasparotto -- Beyond the ideal nude. Unruly bodies : the uncanny, the abject, the excessive / Stephen J. Campbell -- Personalizing the nude. "Here's looking at you": ambiguities of personalizing the nude / Ulrich Pfisterer -- Epilogue 1: Reformation and beyond in Northern Europe / Thomas Kren -- Epilogue 2: Michelangelo's Last judgement and the reception of the nude in Counter-Reformation Italy / Thomas DePasquale -- Index.