CHARLES G. MARTIGNETTE

Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in the form of Gil Elvgren''s Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His techniquewhich earned him a reputation as "The Norman Rockwell of cheesecake"involved photographing models and then painting them into gorgeous hyper-reality, with longer legs, more flamboyant hair and gravity-defying busts, and in the process making them the perfect moral-boosting eye-candy for every homesick private.

Edición trilingüe Inglés / Francés / Alemán The perfect moral-boosting eye-candy for every homesick privatePost-depression USA was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out o

Edición trilingüe Español / Portugués / Italiano El Glamour ha vuelto.... TASCHEN nos ofrece una retrospectiva de estas diosas de calendario y anuncios de las que Gil Evgren es rey. -erotisme-fr.com,