Article Title：Man Ray's disarming venuses: Deconstructing the classical torso in surrealist photography
Abstract：
The female torso appears often in Surrealist photography. This article examines images by Man Ray and others in terms of their relation to classical form. It explores ways in which torsos appear as fragments, as body doubling corsets and mannequins, and as examples of the formless grotesque in Surrealist art and literature. It concludes by positioning the Surrealist appropriation of classical antiquity in the context of Surrealism's revolutionary exploration of the uncanny nature of meaning.
Keywords: Man Ray (1890-1976); Georges Bataille (1897-1962); torso; classical statuary
DOI: 10.1080/03087298.2005.10441365
Source：HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
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