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1. Record Number: 12747
Author(s): Emison, Patricia.
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Title : The Word Made Naked in Pollaiuolo's "Battle of the Nudes" [It is unknown whether Antonio Pollaiuolo's late fifteenth century engraving of nude men engaged in battle refers to a text or not. While previous depictions of nude males (such as figures of David) often relied upon an explicit or implicit textual reference and depicted the youthful male as the ideal of masculine beauty, Pollaiulo's engraving does not clearly invoke any text and offers a virile, adult ideal for the male nude. Interpretations of the engraving have varied, as some of the items throughout the image (such as weapons and chains) could have allegorical significance if they are interpreted as iconography. The author suggests that works of art produced during Pollaiuolo's time that feature nudes, which some have tried to interpret as depicting certain classical myths, epics, or moments in history, may communicate as images without reference to any text. Artists may produce works of art for purely formal or aesthetic reasons with no subject or text in mind. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source: Art History , 13., 3 ( 1990):  Pages 261 - 275.
Year of Publication: 1990.
2. Record Number: 28947
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Title : Garden of Earthly Delights detail: couple inside a bubble
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Hieronymus_Bosch%2C_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_tryptich%2C_centre_panel_-_detail_9.JPG/250px-Hieronymus_Bosch%2C_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_tryptich%2C_centre_panel_-_detail_9.JPG
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3. Record Number: 28949
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Title : Nastagio degli Onesti (part 3)
Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Botticelli%2C_nastagio_degli_onesti_03.jpg/250px-Botticelli%2C_nastagio_degli_onesti_03.jpg
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