Venus in Exile: The Rejection of Beauty in Twentieth-century Art

by WendySteiner (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $18.29

  Ever since the renaissance, the female body has been a primary symbol of artistic beauty in the West. With the advent of the avant-garde and modernist art, beauty became suspect. This work explores how this happened, tracing the century's troubled relationship with beauty.

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  Paperback
  2002

  $38.20

  Ever since the renaissance, the female body has been a primary symbol of artistic beauty in the West. With the advent of the avant-garde and modernist art, beauty became suspect. This work explores how this happened, tracing the century's troubled relationship with beauty.