DIVA visual history about how feminist artists have appropriated and incorporated the signification of the pin-up genre within their own work./div

The image most indelibly linked to the term Pin-Up Girl is a busty, long-legged, beautiful woman posing provocatively on calendars, posters, and in magazines primarily during the World War II years, most often in the U.S. military's Yank magazine. These images make up the quintessential and most recognizable Pin-Up Girls, although they are only representative of a specific era in pin-up history. The Pin-Up Girl has actually been around since the late 19th century. The pin-up genre ran the gambit, both in art and photography, from simply the image of a glamorous and beautiful woman to what was considered quite risqu� before the swinging sixties--total nudity. Many Pin-Up Girls made a mark for themselves later as models or actresses, but the launching pad of their careers was a growing market for these "cheesecake" images. Today, sex and nudity are no longer taboo. In the midst of the blatant exhibitionism we find ourselves surrounded by today, the discretion of pin-up is a welcome respite as well as a comforting recollection of years gone by. We invite you to take a stroll down memory lane and enjoy a more innocent time.

This pocket-sized collection of leggy lovelies assembles the most popular wartime pin-ups from WWII's favorite artist, Alberto Vargas. These vintage images, rendered delicately in watercolor and airbrush, depict elegantly dressed, semi-nude to naked beauties--the ladies that inspired and comforted American men far from home.

Describes the origins and the development in detail and showcasing the most important artists. More than 900 colour illustrations.

"Pin-up Poster Book: The Elvgren Collection" is the book that has taken the country by storm. Gil Elvgren's pin-ups boosted the morale of our WWII fighting men the world over. Phillips includes a humorous introduction, photographs of models posing, and reproductions (suitable for framing) of the original paintings.

A look back at vintage magazines and an invitation to enter the spellbinding world of luscious pin-up models. IMAGINED BY MALY SIRI, THIS COFFEE TABLE BOOK IS A REMINDER OF VINTAGE MAGAZINES AND AN INVITATION TO ENTER THE SPELLBINDING WORLD OF PIN-UPS Maly Siri’s Pin-up Art Good Girls / Bad Girls raises two themes: - On one side, the “Good Girls”: the damsels with soft skin powdering their faces in front of the mirror, the Tahitian girls with enchanting smiles and the brave soldiers... Their charm is due to their sparkling characters and apparent candour. - And on the other side, the “Bad Girls”: the rouged vamps with sensuous looks, the spies, the melancholic blues singers and other mis ts... The fact that they are aware of their charms makes them even more dangerous... This book is a rich and delicious homage inspired by the iconography of the 1930’s to 50’s, a concentrate of pure glamour, with a preface by Chantal Thomass.

Humanoids is pleased to present this raucous collection of pin-up art by international sensation Fred Beltran. More complete than most books of this nature, Pin-Up Girls from Around the World features no filler, just 56-pages full of beautiful women, and text from Beltran describing the artistic process and his inspiration behind his creations. No pencil sketches are anywhere to be found in this volume, as all of Beltran's work is fully rendered; you have NEVER seen anything like this collection! If you're familiar with Beltran's work in Metal Hurlant and Technopriests, then you know how unique and exciting his art is!