Books of nudes

Book Description: / "The art market often presents single prints as a photographer's greatest accomplishment, but a book—the publication of a work in its entirety, with its specific points of view and graphic design—also constitutes a work of art in itself. Alessandro Bertolotti's unrivaled collection of books on nudes, amassed over thirty years, allows us to explore the history of photographic creations, from the first academic snapshots all the way up to the most audacious avant-gardists. Organized chronothematically, and accompanied by sociocultural analyses, this work presents more than 160 books, from the celebrated to the obscure, and includes all the photographers who made nudes famous: Germaine Krull, Man Ray, Hans Bellmer, Bill Brandt, Araki, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pierre Molinier, Jean Saudek, and Jeanloup Sieff among others.
Each book is presented with its original cover and a selection of photographs laid out on double-page spreads. With more than four hundred reproductions, Books of Nudes is an important reference work for every photographer. Paying tribute to the innovative and often ostentatious layout of these publications, this title is also a must-have for anyone passionate about graphic design."
CONTENTS: / Chapter 1: Academies / Chapter 2: Nudism / Chapter 3: Pictorialism / Chapter 4: The European Avant-Garde / Chapter 5: Glamour / Chapter 6: The Republic of Weimar / Chapter 7: Nazism / Chapter 8: The Post-war Years / Chapter 9: The Japanese Book / Chapter 10: The Sexual Revolution / Chapter 11: Gay Sunshine / Chapter 12: Introspection.