The Wonderful World of Bill Ward: King of the Glamour Girls
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3822812900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 344 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-09 |
| Language | : | German, French, English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, Ward broadened his range to embrace a variety of fetish subjects, but he never varied from his template of the Ultimate Woman—except to make her breasts a little bigger, her heels a little higher, or the satin and leather encasing her a little glossier. The art of Bill Ward (1918-1998) has become so rare and collectible that photographer and veteran TASCHEN editor Eric Kroll has had to trawl through archives across America to assemble this broad selection of Ward’s very best work. His taste for impossibly buxom blondes—teetering on stiletto heels, legs encased in black nylon, torsos packed into satin gowns—precisely suited America’s collective postwar sex fantasy, and the late 50s men’s magazine boom made him the most popular girlie artist in the country. Drawn from over 600 illustrations and interviews with family, friends, employers, and even some of the women who inspired him, this 344-page, meticulously researched book is the definitive tribute to the great Bill Ward and the perfect companion piece, in size and scope, to TASCHEN’s The Art Of Eric Stanton.Text in English, French, and German. The opera length gloves, the dia
Eric Kroll graduated from the University of Colorado in cultural anthropology in 1969. . He lived in New York City from 1971 to 1994, working as a photojournalist for The New York Times, Der Spiegel, and Vogue, while teaching photography at Antoich College, Baltimore extension, Hunter College, International Center For Photography, and School of Visual Arts. His work has appeared in Leg Show and High Heeled Women magazines and has been published by TASCHEN, for whom he also works as a
The opera length gloves, the diamond earrings that dangle to the shoulders, the stiletto heels, the tight satin dresses, the pronounced cleavage it's all there. "Ward's women reek of glamour and glitz. It's the best eye candy money can buy." - Eric Kroll"
Ernest Greene said Finest Ward Compendium Ever. If you're a fan of Bill Ward, you'll want this beautifully produced, extremely complete luxury edition containing a staggering volume of the artist's best work. If you're not familiar with this artist, among America's greatest pin-up masters, this book will make a believer out of you. Truly beautiful and fun and superbly packaged.. Boogeyman said Not Comprehensive, But Good. If you're a fan of Good Girl art, you know that there were few better, in his heyday, than the late, great Bill Ward. The creator of _Torchy_ had no qualms about being a girlie artist, and got even more graphic later in life. But regardless of what period of his career you look at, he never lost his taste for women with huge breasts, tiny waists, and high heels - a feminine ideal, to be sure.WONDERFUL WORLD OF BILL WARD is a great sampling of a lot of his work. I say "sampling" to save you from making the same mistake I did, of thinking that a volume this big was a comprehensive anthology of all of Bill W. Katherine said Five Stars. wow! bigger book than I expected. thank you