Folio Society Book: The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form by Kenneth Clark

The book and slipcase are in very good condition. A landmark study of the nude in art―from the ancient Greeks to Henry Moore―by a towering figure in art history. In this classic book, Kenneth Clark, one of the most eminent art historians of the twentieth century, examines the ever-changing fashion in what constitutes the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form, from the art of the ancient Greeks to that of Renoir, Matisse, and Henry Moore. The Nude reveals the sensitivity of aesthetic theory to fashion, what distinguishes the naked from the nude, and just why the nude has played such an important role in art history. Pick-up is in Saanich close to the Monkey Tree and ICBC plaza off McKenzie Ave (McKenzie/Borden St.). Cross-posted. Thanks for looking!