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100	1		_aJullien, François, _d1951- _eauthor. _9389309
240	1	0	_aDe l'essence ou du nu. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe impossible nude : _bChinese art and western aesthetics / _cby François Jullien ; translated by Maev de la Guardia ; with photographs by Ralph Gibson.
264		1	_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2007
300			_avii, 136 pages : _billustrations (some colour) ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aTranslated from the French.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-134).
505	0		_aPreface -- A history of being : for an ontology of the photographic nude -- The impossible nude.
520			_aThe undraped human form is ubiquitous in Western art and even appears in the art of India and Japan. Only in China, François Jullien argues, is the nude completely absent. In this enthralling extended essay, he explores the different conceptions of the human body that underlie this provocative disparity. Contrasting nakedness (which implies a diminished state) with nudity (which represents a complete presence), Jullien explores the traditional European vision of the nude as a fixed point of fusion where form joins truth. He then shows that the absence of the nude in Chinese art evinces an understanding of the human body as changeable and transitory. Viewed in light of each other, these differing concepts allow for a new way of thinking about form, the ideal, and beauty, enabling us to delve deeper into the relationship between art and the ideas that lie at its roots. Beautifully illustrated and gracefully translated into English for the first time, The Impossible Nude will fascinate anyone interested in art history, Chinese art, or aesthetics.
546			_aTranslated from the French.
650		0	_aNudity. _9332246
650		0	_aPhotography of the nude. _9322282
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aJullien, François, 1951- _sDe l'essence ou du nu. English. _tImpossible nude. _dChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 _w(OCoLC)608402256
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006011163-b.html
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