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OverviewA classic, indeed perhaps the best of the Mapplethorpe books. And for many most certainly the most typical Mapplethorpe, now available once again thanks to this re-edition. The Black Book, first published in 1986, presents 96 formally stringent and highly erotic nudes, all of them photographs of black men, either as full figures, or staged as details, as fragments of their bodies. Stylized as classical statues or provocatively in all their presence and sensuous radiance. Black-and-white photography was Mapplethorpe's preferred medium. And his obsessive aesthetics was based on completely mastering it, as this enabled him to visualize any number of tonal gradations and penetrate deep into the very pores of the gleaming black skin. It is a method that reached a climax in these images. The Black Book, Mapplethorpe s homage to the black male body, has always been one of the most important visual contributions to the discussion on beauty, sensuality, and sexuality in photography. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Mapplethorpe , Ntozake ShangePublisher: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH Imprint: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH Dimensions: Width: 28.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 28.50cm Weight: 0.966kg ISBN: 9783829604604ISBN 10: 3829604602 Pages: 108 Publication Date: 28 February 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English/ German Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |