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Title:FigureWork : The Nude & Life Modelling in New Zealand Art
Author:Sandra Chesterman
ISBN:1877276375 : 9781877276378
Illustrations:colour & b/w illus
Format:Paperback
Size:190x255mm
Pages:146
Weight: .536 Kg.
Published:University of Otago Press - January 2002
List Price: 27.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Nudes depicted in art


This richly illustrated volume examines the significance of the nude in New Zealand art. Chesterman describes how the tradition of life drawing and painting has developed from its introduction by European settlers to the present day. She also discusses changing social attitudes towards the nude and the experience of being a life model. The text is based upon the author's thesis at the University of Auckland.