Body of Art (ISBN 9780714869667) is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Anthony Gormley and Maya Lin sculptures to eight-armed Hindu gods and ancient Greek reliefs, from feminist graphics and Warhol’s empty electric chair to the blue-tinted complexion of Singer Sargent’s Madame X.
Luped® picture research supplied high-resolution images for selected artworks, licensing their use from diverse sources to support the book’s wide-ranging visual narrative. The curated images enrich the scholarship by providing direct visual reference to the body’s role in artistic creation throughout history.
Christ in the Tomb (Der tote Christus im Grab) 1521 oil painting by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Credit: Inv. 318, Kunstmuseum Basel