
The Female Body in Art
Amy Dempsey(Author)
Laurence King Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2026
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-3996-2673-6 (ISBN)
Description
> Die Geschichte der Kunst anhand der Darstellung des weiblichen Körpers neu erzählt - von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart
> Mit über 80 Kunstwerken aus Malerei, Bildhauerei, Fotografie, Video und Performance
> Enthält u. A. Beispiele von Tizian, Vermeer, Frida Kahlo, Andy Warhol, Marina Abramovic
Als kultureller Spiegel der Zeit zieht der weibliche Körper seit Jahrhunderten Künstler*innen wie Betrachter*innen in seinen Bann. Aber was können wir von diesen Kunstwerken lernen? Was erzählen sie uns über die Welt, in der wir leben? Und wie hat sich der Blick auf den weiblichen Körper im Laufe der Zeit verändert? Betrachten Sie die Kriegsfotografien von Lee Miller, den idealisierten weiblichen Körper, wie ihn sich Sandro Botticelli vorstellte oder die gender-nonkonformen Porträts von Zanele Muholi und Yuki Kihara und erfahren Sie, wie und warum die Darstellung des weiblichen Körpers wichtige Botschaften über - und an - die Welt vermittelt.
Reviews / Votes
A worthy addition to any art lover's library * Publishers Weekly * A beautifully illustrated chronology of women's bodies as depicted by 80 artists from the Renaissance to now -- Florence Hallett * The New World * In this gorgeous coffee table book, Amy Dempsey [... sheds] new light on the women behind the paintings -- Sarah Barratt * Red * A project that is clearly doing important feminist and historiographic labor -- Jonathan Michael Square, arts writer Punchy pieces sit beside a raft of unexpected choices and a lot of uncommon beauty -- Dale Berning Sawa * The Art Newspaper * This book explores not only the female form (yes, there are plenty of nudes) but so much more... -- David White * Artmag * "A worthy addition to any art lover's library." - Publishers Weekly "A beautifully illustrated chronology of women's bodies as depicted by 80 artists from the Renaissance to now." - Florence Hallett, The New World "In this gorgeous coffee table book, Amy Dempsey [... sheds] new light on the women behind the paintings." - Sarah Barratt, Red "A project that is clearly doing important feminist and historiographic labor." - Jonathan Michael Square, arts writer "Punchy pieces sit beside a raft of unexpected choices and a lot of uncommon beauty..." - Dale Berning Sawa, The Art Newspaper "This book explores not only the female form (yes, there are plenty of nudes) but so much more..." - David White, ArtmagMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
Kunst-Liebhaber*innen
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
Farbig illustriert
Dimensions
Height: 255 mm
Width: 235 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1150 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3996-2673-6 (9781399626736)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Amy Dempsey
The Female Body in Art
E-Book
02/2026
Laurence King Publishing
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Amy Dempsey is an art historian who studied at Hunter College in New York and received her doctorate from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Dempsey is the author of the international bestseller Styles, Schools & Movements: The Essential Encyclopaedic Guide to Modern Art (2002, 2010, updated and revised edition 2026), the groundbreaking Destination Art (2006, 2011), the first monographs on Almuth Tebbenhoff (2025) and Alfio Bonanno (2020), and three titles in Thames & Hudson's Art Essentials series: Modern Art (2018), Surrealism (2019) and Destination Art (2021).