- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Taschen GmbH; New edition edition (29 Sep 2000)
- Language French
- ISBN-10: 3822857610
- ISBN-13: 978-3822857618
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14.9 x 5.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,606,302 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A visual compendium of male eroticism. This book features prominent names in erotic male imagery, such as Fred Holland Day, Cecil Beaton and David Armstrong, along with an overview of the 21st century erotic photographic scene, from Herb Ritts to Pierre et Gilles.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This large paperback gives a huge collection of male nudes from the 19th century till 21st century.
Highlights on all famous photos of the artist, makes a good overview. David leddick writes about the social context at the beginning of each decade. His information is very good if want an other look at the photographs.
From Muybridge, Von Gloeden,over to List, Mapplethorpe, Platt-Lynes to Pierre et Gilles, Tom Bianchi, Roffman, Bruce Weber or Andy Warhol.
The Male nude has it all; Male nudes 700 pages long from shy boys, bodybuilders to men in all there glory.
While bobby tests five, some work, others lay in the sand or have there snaps taken.
Highlights on all famous photos of the artist, makes a good overview. David leddick writes about the social context at the beginning of each decade. His information is very good if want an other look at the photographs.
From Muybridge, Von Gloeden,over to List, Mapplethorpe, Platt-Lynes to Pierre et Gilles, Tom Bianchi, Roffman, Bruce Weber or Andy Warhol.
The Male nude has it all; Male nudes 700 pages long from shy boys, bodybuilders to men in all there glory.
While bobby tests five, some work, others lay in the sand or have there snaps taken.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
David Leddick has succeeded in pulling together a worthwhile and entertaining collection of male nude photography that could sit comfortably on any (broad-minded)coffee table.Excellent commentary throughout gives the reader an insight into this once taboo and strictly "under the counter" culture. The collection is quite simply stunning - each picture telling its own story.A must buy ! :)
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
A Mix of the Haunting and the Trivial
6 Dec 1999
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Any one who describes this book as "Just another example of a old man taking pictures of young men" has very probably never seen the book, which includes such diverse photographers as German Leni Reiffenstal and American Robert Mapplethorpe, and which occasionally extends its scope to include photographs of male and female nudes. The photographs range from great art to the trivial effort and from haunting beauty to the occasional effort to shock-- the latter of which focuses, ironically, less on nudity than on activity. While I recommend the book, I must note that the accompanying text is fairly insignificant and the images selected from 1950-1990 are considerably less interesting than those of 1900-1950. I must also note that this is NOT an "outsize" or "coffee table size" book; rather, it is a very thick but otherwise standard-size book; this, however, does not really detract from the content.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Lush and Outstanding!!
29 Oct 1998
Format:Paperback
This book is essential to anyone who loves the sublimity of the human male form, whether of straight Or homoerotic nature. The beautiful photographs cover the male nude from 1870's to the present. Many Rare and Never-Before-Seen Photos are inside, on every page. Kinda wish it was hardcover, but that's about my only complaint. A must-have for any lover of the human form or anyone studying the human form. Excellent and Unprecedented!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good General History of an Artform
3 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
There isn't much else I can say that I didn't cover in the title of my review. This is a good collection of photographs divided into time periods, each of which is given a brief essay introduction by Leddick. Leddick, while not a brilliant art historian, is the best I've found on this controversial and often overlooked artform.
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