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Title: Lovely, Wide-Ranging, Inquisitive
Review: First -- if you want a book of photos of pretty 14 year old dudes, this isn't your book!Greer, here paired with Rizzoli, presents us with a loving, provocative look at the history of young men as sexual objects. Her main argument is that up until the 19th century, young men -- not women -- were studied and depicted with "heart-stopping immediacy."As you might expect, this is beautifully illustrated book with large and well-chosen illustrations largely drawn from the last 500 years of painting. Rizzoli is to be praised for the book design here. This is a book of text and image and Rizolli wisely avoided the temptation of making this a hand-hurting, 7 pound "coffee table book." The book they've given us can be read or flipped through. As you might expect, the level of reproduction of these images is very good, the dustjacket is aesthetically pleasing, and the book is a solid thing, bound in cloth with a sewn binding.
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