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Arse in Art Hardcover – January 1, 2008

by Edward Lucie-Smith (Author)
2.1 2.1 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
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'The Arse in Art' gives you a perspective on art that you may never have appreciated. Showing the fundamental aspects of well-known images, this cheeky book challenges you to identify the full picture behind the detail.
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  1. Print length
    128 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Crombie Jardine
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2008
  5. ISBN-10
    1906051356
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1906051358
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Crombie Jardine (January 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1906051356
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1906051358
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.09 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    2.1 2.1 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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Michael Raw
1.0 out of 5 stars Nice idea spoiled by poor quality photos.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2020
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It's a nice idea and an eye-catching title. Unfortunately the book is spoiled by poor quality, often blurred, photographs. There is also very little text. Disappointing.
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saksa71
2.0 out of 5 stars He hated it. Not much nice as to see after ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2017
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I ordered this book as a joke present for a mate of mine. He hated it. Not much nice ass to see after all. I checked it up the next time I visited him and it was quite a disappointment for me, too. I would have not purchased the book in a book shop after browsing through it for sure.
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Clifford
4.0 out of 5 stars A Superb 'Fundamental' Study Of This Oft-Neglected Human Feature
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2010
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This charming little book, with its playfully provocative title, finds a perfect and rich niche that will satisfy students of art and art history as well as aficionados of that focus of erotic attention, the human bottom. Distinctions between male and female varieties of that fleshy wonder become barely relevant here as Lucie-Smith assembles a wondrous host of examples from the entire graphic oeuvre that demonstrates similarities and differences in the way artists (including photographers) have treated the nether parts over the centuries. As does its subject, the book comprises two closely associated parts. In many ways its major part is a collection of small illustrations, bigger than thumbnails but not greatly, of the examples the author has selected, each one with a few sentences highlighting its relevance to his arguments. This part will be enlightening to serious students concerned with the way an artist sees and presents his subject. The larger part of the book is a self-indulgent collection of magnified parts of these complete (but small) versions, each one showing in close detail the part of the anatomy of loving concern to the author. This part, though perhaps less weighty, is presented first, as might perhaps be expected considering the natural placement of its 'basic' parts in real life, at the end of the subject that rests on them. The book has its moments of humour, visual and otherwise, and is a well-presented view of a subject that is often hidden away.
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