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 enlarge | Author: Dian Hanson
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $42.99
You Save: $17.00 (28%)
New (22) Used (5) from $33.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 420
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.4
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 11.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 3822833037
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783822833032
ASIN: 3822833037
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Better Than I Imagined - Great On Several Levels July 16, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
From the "perv" in me, the focus on breasts, frankly, is right up my alley. :)
The execution of this book, however, is clearly on the art book level. It is a beautiful, large coffee table style book. The large b/w and color photos are extraordinary and beautifully printed. The text gives both context for these photos and offers extensive interviews with various models and people involved in the business. Furthermore, the plastic cover of the book is actually a virtual bra for the woman's torso underneath it. If you look at the cover art on this page, the black bra can be "removed" by removing the plastic dust jacket. Extremely clever. This book would be worth it at its retail price of $50, but at the approximately $33, it's a bargain. Even my wife, who is not particularly interested in women's bodies, found this book fascinating.
Great coffee table book July 5, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book had wonderfully entertaining interviews and high quality photographs. I recommend it for the aficionado in your life.
great for the coffe table July 5, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
everyone that has seen this book out has wanted to look at it. its very appealing to the eye and is a great coffe table book for singles.
A high quality book for the right audience.... June 23, 2007
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I review a lot of different kinds of books including art and photography. This is a large, heavy, well-made volume that is targeted to people who appreciate the beauty of the female form as it appeared in pop art between the 40s and 70s. It is printed on very high quality paper and the images are more "artsy" than "erotic." However, I'm sure people who enjoy the nudes of this period highly charged.
There are many creative shots in this book and the women all have natural breasts. While this type of art is not my cup of tea, all of the images are large and high resolution. Would you expect less from Taschen. There is a pin up quality to most of the pictures and certainly this book is of historical interest to photographers of nudes or anyone who appreciates female beauty.
I wouldn't personally classify this as "light porn." The pictures are more naughty than pornographic and there are a lot of good facial shots where the woman's personality or some quality of her personality is captured. The lighting is often creative and the images follow a similar style, but the pictures aren't redundant.
I also think this book is fairly priced. I'm going to sell my copy only becuase it's not my thing. I prefer nude photography that is more abstract, uses lots of shadows in interesting ways and focuses on form. The nearer the photographs approach a sculpture of painting, the better for me whether it is male or female art. I also like more variety, styles and other creative elements. Cygny would be an example of one of my favorite photographers of nudes as well as Robert Farber.
 A regular dude May 13, 2007
3 out of 16 found this review helpful
I wish I would have kept my money.
Some nice pictures, but not worth the money
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