by Mechthild Fend (Author)
A strong and insightful work which argues that skin is not just any surface an artist can represent, but a highly overdetermined one. Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoit and Ingres - it spans the fields of history of art and of medicine. -- .
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 352
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 21 Dec 2016
ISBN 10: 0719087961
ISBN 13: 9780719087967