The Female Body in Art

From the Renaissance to the present day, this is the history of art told through the female form, in over 80 works. What can we learn from them? What are they trying to tell us about the world we live in? And how has that changed over time? Explore the luminous portraiture of Gustav Klimt, astonishing wartime photography from Lee Miller and the ground-breaking performance art of Marina Abramovic. Meet Leonor Fini’s shepherdess, Barkley L. Hendricks’s ‘Madonna’, Graciela Iturbide’s ‘Medusa’, Toyin Ojih Odutola’s adventuresses and Hayv Kahraman’s ‘army of fierce women’.
Details

• Author: Dempsey, Amy
• Publisher: Laurence King (Books)
• Format: Hardback
• Publication Date: 05/02/2026
• ISBN: 9781399626736
• B-Code: B082575
• Illustrated: Colour photos
• Pages: 240
• Dimensions: 252x232mm