The Nude

The human body, unclothed and on display, has long been the subject of both artists and art historians. But it wasn't until 1989, when Gill Saunders'sThe Nudewas first published, that the nude's evolution in modern art was considered in all its facets. Written in response to Kenneth Clark's 1956 study of the same name, The Nudeoffered a new, crucial feminist perspective on nudity in art--and has been cited in nearly every art history book since its publication.