Product Description

David Leddick, the popular and acclaimed author of 2001’s Male Nude Now, brings us the latest and most current survey of the male nude form, as seen through the eyes of today’s most important and influential artists who recognize the inherent physical and emotional beauty of the subject. This collection showcases such prominent photographers and illustrators as David Hockney, Sam Taylor-Wood, Clive Barker, Mark Beard, Tom Bianchi, Reed Masengill, Nan Goldin, Bruce La Bruce and Duane Michals, presenting images ranging from the erotic, to fantastic, romantic, dangerous, and funny. The Nude Male features the work of more than 120 established and emerging visual artists, making this collection nothing less than the premier catalog of the genre.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #204011 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-23
• Released on: 2008-09-23
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780789317568
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"...two gorgeous new coffee table books out from Universe Publishing...these books are so freaking hot..." ~Instinct Magazine on Nude Male and Divas!

"Iit's the latest and most current survey of the male nude form, as seen through the eyes of today's most important and influential artists." ~The Meadville Tribune

From the Inside Flap
The male form has made strides to reclaim its place in modern society, along side its female counterpart, as a thing of beauty, admiration, and desire. Yet even as we begin a new century, controversy, fear, and discomfort keep it from realizing its full potential as a popularly accepted object d'art. In The Nude Male, David Leddick has assembled the latest and most current survey of the male nude form, as seen through the eyes of today's most important and influential artists who recognize the inherent physical and emotional beauty of the subject. The Nude Male features the work of more than 120 established and emerging photographers and illustrators. This collection of more than 250 images, ranging from erotic to funny, from thought-provoking to mind-bending, from breathtaking to breathless. is nothing less than the premiere catalogue of the genre.

About the Author
David Leddick is an expert in male nude photography and the author of several anthologies on the subject.

Customer Reviews

The Nude Review
I purchased this book after seeing David Leddick's "The Male Nude". The Male Nude portrayed male nude photography throughout the history of photography. This new book "The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions" observes artists who are working with the Nude Male in this contemporary world of art. The photographs are all at a high quality, many large prints.

The descriptions of the artists who are working with the nude male are very brief. I would like to have seen more information on the artists to do further research. After seeing this book I don't know if I would consider David Leddick a critic or simply a collector of these photographic compositions. There is a small mix of paintings and drawings of the nude male, but mostly these images are photographs. The majority is of white nude males, a small amount of African Americans, one elderly, one overweight, and one handicap nude male.

I think that the interesting aspect of this book compared to some of Leddick's other works is the increase in homo-eroticism and how fashion has influenced the way the male nude is portrayed. (Just some of my own observations).

I gave it 4 starts for its high quality and the large amount of artists that were included in this book, but I would have liked to have more information to accompany the artist's work and/or intentions of their art.

The Male Nude as Beauty
Leddick, David. "The Nude Male: 21st Century Visions", Universe, 2008.

The Male Nude as Beauty


Amos Lassen

David Leddick's "The Male Nude" is the most complete survey of the male nude form as it is depicted by the most influential and most important artists of modern times. It contains photographs and illustrations from all points of view--the erotic, the fantastic, the romantic, the funny and the dangerous and in this collection there are more than 120 artists represented here.
Here we see that the male nude is beginning to find its place in modern society as a beautiful representation of masculinity. We have over 250 images and this book can easily serve as a catalog of the male nude.
The book contains brief descriptions of each artist and this is probably the only fault with the book. I would have preferred a little more information. Most of the images are photographs and we see more homo-erotic images than ever before as well as the influence of fashion on the way male nudes are now portrayed.
The variety is great and Leddick brilliantly illuminates the controversial history of the male nude. The book provides information that is equally good for the serious art student and the man on the street. It is a wonderful addition to the area of the male nude and a wonderful companion to other books by the artist on the same subject.

The Nude Male book
Great variety of male nudes by painters as well as photographers. There are a ton of books of male nudes in photographs but too few of painters who work with the male body.

David Bolger, for example, is a very interesting painter and his beautiful painting "The Bath" is here.

David Leddick is an amazingly versatile and interesting creator in many, many media.