- Hardcover: 152 pages
- Language German
- ISBN-10: 3861876620
- ISBN-13: 978-3861876625
- Product Dimensions: 33.6 x 29 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,622,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Naked athletes under the shower: mon dieu! This is what we've all been waiting for! Rugby players from the French capital in classically photographed, duotone pictures - and they're all naked! Photographer Francois Rousseau's electrifying images pay homage to his athletes' sinewy bodies in a mixture of haunting portraits, individual shots and group photos. As we have come to expect, Rousseau presents carefully styled and composed nudes, immediately drawing us into their spell with their scintillating homoeroticism. Dieux Du Stade is already a huge seller in France.
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French beauty at its best.,
By Fan of the classics. "Film fan" (South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dieux Du Stade (Hardcover)
This book,like the DVD and the calendar,shows why French men are known around the world as a good-looking lot. This is a behind the scenes look at the 2004 Dieux Du Stade (Gods of the stadium) calendar photo shoot. These are sportsmen photographed in the nude (or in the near-nude) in their locker rooms,showers,and in the surrounds of the stadium. The fact that they are real sportsmen and not only models,adds to the sense of authenticity. Highlights include the gorgeous Frederic Deltour,who has a face and a physique that deserve to be immortalized. He is stunning. Deltour is one of the few men to appear fully naked in this book. For the most part,careful camera angles or a carefully placed hand protect the modesty of the men. This somehow does not spoil the overall effect,as what is visible is very appealing. Other high points include the blonde hunk Bastien Siepielski, cover man Mirco Bergamasco (who would have caught the eye of Michelangelo ,with his blonde curls and striking eyes had he been living 500 years ago)and guest sportsman James Caroll.
The book is a high quality hardback,printed in black and white on good glossy paper,and the dustjacket with its gold lettering all combine to make a top quality book.
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Nude Male Athletes of Surpassingly Great Buck-Naked Manly Beauty, Powerful Grace, and Poise,
By Gerald Parker "Gerald Parker" (Rouyn-Noranda, QC., Dominion of Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dieux Du Stade (Hardcover)
The extraordinarily beautiful and lavishly produced calendars and videodiscs that have come out year by year of photography, of supremely fine calibre, of the rugby players who are members of the team, Dieux du Stade, Paris, and of their "guests", i.e. other rugby players from teams all over the world, have become iconographic monuments of the nude and nearly-nude male body. However, this book, drawing upon the wealth of photos and stills from the videos, perhaps inlucding yet other images as well of the same and perhaps other men, surpasses even previous products.
This book is gorgeous; it is overwhelming; it is an exalted tribute to the male body and to the god-like figure of the professional athlete. There is something almost supernatural at times in the supernal beauty and naturalness, as Rousseau captures them for immortality, of these varied and magnificent men that makes one tremble, not just with sexual arousal (but that, too, and how!), but with wonder at the sheer grace, strength, and allure of the male human form and of the photographer's art. Judging from the copyrights, which are given up to 2007, well in the future at the time of the book's publication, one presumes that there are images and probably players, too, not yet included in the videodiscss and calendars that have come out to date. This is a lavish book and more than well worth its price, a fine monographic tribute to the photographer, Francois Rousseau, as well as to such men who, astoundingly, have been permitting themselves to be photographed so intimately. There is little written text, so whether the buyer is English- or French-speaking (or of any other language), the book will be a worthwhile purchase for truly anyone, anywhere in the world. Women and gay men will thrill at these photos, but so will lovers more generally of the nude in art of Rousseau's level as he has attained it with the camera!
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Well done!!,
By Jamison - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dieux Du Stade (Hardcover)
Firt off, let me say to order the original item from Amazon.fr as this edition seems to be on Permahold (I haven't seen it but my order was cancelled from Amazon.com and another US vendor due to lack of availability). Almost all photos are boderless and the book size is at least: 11x17". It is absolutely wonderful! The cover matches it's 2004 DVD counterpart. This book utilizes two types of printing. Most of the book is on HIGH gloss, almost metalic looking print, as well was thick art-type paper throughout. All images are black and white, ranging from face shots, a few frontal shots, chest, rear and a few photos of the empty Stadium / Locker room.
The introduction is simply a pre-printed autograph by Madonna praising Dieux Du Stade (go girl!) Ending the book is a list of all men shown alphabetically with their birth date and sport relation. After that is an index of each page's players. Is this worth the buy from overseas? YES!!!!! |
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