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RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Books about the Nude in Art

The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art
Kenneth Clark
Penguin Books (1960, 1985)
ISBN: 0-14-007591-7

The Bride Stripped Bare: The Artist and the Female Nude in the Twentieth Century
Janet HobHouse
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1988)
ISBN: 1-55584-217-8

1000 Masterpieces of Painting: NUDES
Jordi Vigue, Ramon de Jesus Rodriguez Ed.
Prestel (2001)
ISBN: 3-7913-2582-5

Sexuality in Western Art
Edward Lucie-Smith
Thames & Hudson; Revised edition (1991)
ISBN: 0-500-20252-4

Artist Reference and Art Instruction Books

Classical Drawing Atelier: A Complete Course in Traditional Studio Practice
Juliette Aristedes
Watson-Guptill Publications (2006)
ISBN-10: 0823006573
ISBN-13: 978-0823006571

Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
George B. Bridgman
Sterling Publishing (2001)
ISBN: 0-8069-3015-2

Bodyworks: A Visual Guide to Drawing the Figure
Marbury Hill Brown
North Light Books (1990)
ISBN: 0-89134-339-3

Lessons From Michelangelo: Figure Drawing Based on Techniques of the Master
Michael Burban
Watson-Guptill Publications (1986)
ISBN: 0-8230-2748-1

Drawing Human Anatomy
Giovanni Civardi
Cassell Publishers Limited (1995, 1996)
ISBN: 0-289-80089-7

Painting the Nude
Jan DeRuth
Watson-Guptill Publications
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-13742

Life Drawing
Ian Rowlands
Cassell Illustrated (2005)
ISBN: 1-84403-391-0
EAN: 9781844033911

Eighteenth-Century French Life-Drawing
James Henry Rubin in collaboration with David Levine
Princeton University Press (1977)
ISBN: 0-691-03926-7

Painting the Nude
Francesc Serra / J.M. Parramon
Fountain Press (1976)
ISBN: 0-85242-449-3

The Nude Female Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist
Mark E. Smith
Watson-Guptill Publications (2007)
ISBN: 0-823-099-911

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Art Resource Books

The following books do not pertain specifically to the nude but rather are resource books about art, artists and various collections of art. They have been included because each of these books contain several examples of the nude art work of great master artists.

Drawings by Michelangelo
Maria Vittoria Brugnoli
Dover Publications (1969)
Standard Book Number: 486-21991-7
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-28635

Feminine Beauty
Kenneth Clark
Rozzoli International Publications, Inc (1980)
ISBN: 0-8478-0318-x
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 80-51172

Michelangelo
Text by Frederick Hartt
Harry N. Abrams (1970)
ISBN: 0-8109-0299-0

Michelangelo
Paintings, Sculpture, Architecture -complete edition
Ludwig Goldscheider
Phaidon Press (1953, 1996, 1997)
ISBN: 0-7148-3296-0

Michelangelo Drawings
Ludwig Goldscheider
Phaidon Press (1951, 1966)

Treasures of the Louvre
Michel Laclotte
Abbeville (1993)
ISBN: 0-89660-037-8

The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci
Introduction and notes by A.E. Popham
Randome House Adult Trade Publishing Group (1987)
ISBN-13: 978-0224009096

150 Masterpieces of Drawing
Selected by Anthony Toney
Dover Publications, Inc. (1963)
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-5656

National Gallery of Art: Washington
Text by John Walker
Harry N. Abrams; Revised edition (1995)
ISBN: 0-8109-1370-4
ISBN: 0-8109-2295-9 (pbk.)

Degas' Drawings
Dover Publications Inc. (1973)
International Standard Book Number: 0-486-21233-5
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 73-80952

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