The Great American Pin-Up

The Great American Pin-Up

<div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text_headlines"> <div> <strong>Buxom bombshells: Pictures from an age when eroticism was still innocent</strong></div> <div>  </div> </div> <div class="description_text"> <div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text"> They’ve been exciting generations of men, on calendars and covers, as centrefolds or even on playing cards: pin-ups. What started as an exercise in oils was soon taken up in various media - pin-up mascots graced the fuselages of American fighters, and became an essential feature of the male world of garages and barracks. And the age of political correctness hasn’t ended their appeal.<br /> <br /> This book tells the tale of a genre as utterly American as the paintings of Edward Hopper, describing its origins and development in detail and showcasing the most important artists. With over 500 illustrations, <em>T</em><em>he Great American Pin-Up</em> is a comprehensive studies of the genre.</div> <div class="margin-bottom">  </div> <div class="margin-bottom"> Text in English, French, and German</div> </div>