本书描述了雷诺阿完整的职业生涯，探讨了这位艺术家在对主题的各种描绘中采用的不同方法——从他回应古斯塔夫•库尔贝特，爱德华•马奈特，埃德加•德加和保罗•塞尚的作品，到他晚年的，至今还有争议的对沐浴者的描绘，这些描绘启发了下一代艺术家。杰出的学者不仅研究雷诺阿以裸体画作为个人表达手段的不同方式，而且还根据现代女性主义对男性注视的批判来分析雷诺阿的艺术。这本插图精美的研究性著作对雷诺阿的裸体画进行了有史以来的首次全面研究，包括约50幅作品，包括绘画，粉彩，素描和雕塑。该书还包含对当代具象画家丽莎•尤斯卡瓦格（Lisa Yuskavage）的采访，访谈探讨了了雷诺阿的持续影响力以及艺术中的女性裸体的历史意义。

A revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of Renoir's extraordinary depictions of the nude and their important artistic legacy Best known as part of the influential vanguard of Impressionist artists that experimented with new painting techniques in the late 19th century, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was deeply inspired by classical traditions and returned again and again to the canonical subject of the nude. Tracing the entire arc of Renoir's career, this volume examines the different approaches the artist employed in his various depictions of the subject-from his works that respond to Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cezanne, to his late, and still controversial, depictions of bathers that inspired the next generation of artists. Eminent scholars not only look at the different ways that Renoir used the nude as a means of personal expression but also analyze Renoir's art in terms of a modern feminist critique of the male gaze. Offering the first-ever comprehensive investigation of Renoir's nudes, this beautifully illustrated study includes approximately 50 works, including paintings, pastels, drawings, and sculptures. The book also features an interview with the contemporary figurative painter Lisa Yuskavage that considers Renoir's continuing influence and the historical significance of the female nude in art.