Sensuous, voluptuous, provocative - the female form has inspired artists for centuries, making it perhaps the most popular subject in the history of painting.
Featuring lush, full-page illustrations of masterpieces of the genre, Reclining Nude is a feast for the senses and a fascinating tour of the ever-changing vision of beauty and repose.
. . . Francis Bacon, Balthus, Chagall, Dalí, Lucian Freud, Gauguin, Giorgione, Goya, Picasso, Henri Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso, Rembrandt, Renoir, Egon Schiele, Velázquez . . .