Final Annotated Bibliography

  • Sorabella, Jean. “The Nude in Western Art and Its Beginnings in Antiquity.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nuan/hd_nuan.htm (January 2008)

This source briefly discusses the nude in Greek art. Since the sculptures I chose for my project are from the MET, I decided to use this specifically. It compares the use of the male’s athletic, celebrated body to the female’s “seductive and life-giving” one.

  • Szepessy, Victor. “Representation of the Female Body in Hellenistic Sculpture.” Academia.edu – Share Research, 2011, www.academia.edu/7394370/Representation_of_the_Female_Body_in_Hellenistic_Sculpture.

This academic essay also discusses the way the female body was represented in ancient art, specifically the Hellenistic era. I am using this because the author examines the art of a time period and how it impacted the way the human body was portrayed in art. He also looks into the different arguments that art historians have on what artists actually meant to get across with the various male and female nudes.

  • Christine Mitchell Havelock, The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors: A Historical Review of the Female Nude in Greek Art.” 1995.

This book by Christine Mitchell explains the history of the Aphrodite of Knidos and the numerous other versions of the Goddess in the nude. I am using this because Aphrodite of Knidos by Prexiteles was one of the very first sculptures of a nude female and set precedent for other female nude sculptures. Looking into this sculpture and its history will provide me with further perspective on why a woman in the nude is different from a man in the nude.

When working on my project I noticed that female genitalia is depicted differently than male genitalia. McFadden’s article delves into the vague presentation of female genitals and how this is a commonality in almost all sculptures. She also explores what the shift in history was that caused the “erasure of the vulva.”

  • Norris, Michael. Greek Art: From Prehistoric To Classical: a Resource for Educators. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000.

Michael Norris’ book focuses on various pieces of Greek art and provides in depth details about the pieces, as well as their history. This is useful for my project because he talks about some of the sculptures that I have used in my project. He also discusses the male body and how it is portrayed with ideal athleticism in Greek art.

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