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January 27, 2010
William Breazeale, Susan Anderson, Christine Giviskos, and Christiane Andersson The Language of the Nude: Four Centuries of Drawing the Human Body Exh. cat. Burlington, VT and Sacramento: Lund Humphries in association with Crocker Art Museum, 2008. 168 pp.; 56 color ills.; 71 b/w ills. Cloth $70.00 (9780853319887)

Exhibition schedule: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, May 10–July 27, 2008; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, May 3–July 26, 2009; Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Gallery at Reed College, Portland, OR, August 30–December 5, 2009

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2010.10

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Anyone who has ever wondered why and how representations of the human nude became so central to Renaissance and post-Renaissance Western art will derive great pleasure from this catalogue, which documents an exhibition of fifty-six drawings from the impressive collection of the Crocker Art Museum. The works splendidly demonstrate the skillful use of pen-and-ink and wash techniques as well as combinations of black, red, and white chalks, most by renowned artists such as Peter Paul...