Description |
1 online resource (xv, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
Series |
Ancients and moderns series |
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Ancients and moderns series.
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Contents |
Ch. I Embodying The Classical -- 'Ancients and moderns' -- The thinking behind the body -- Body Fascism -- A passe past? -- The body of the book -- ch. II Figuring What Comes Naturally? Writing The 'Art History' Of The Body -- A 'Greek Revolution' -- The Story of Art and the history of art history -- The burden of the Renaissance -- Seeing double -- ch. III The Ancient 'Female Nude' (And Other Modern Fictions) -- V-ness -- Crying, talking, sleeping, walking -- living dolls -- Looking at Aphrodite -- Aphrodite looks back -- Fatal attraction -- Slapping with slippers -- ch. IV Stripping Down And Undressing Up -- Indecent exposure -- Compromising traditions -- The emperor's new clothes -- Inheriting inherited bodies -- The body in pieces -- ch. V On Gods Made Men Made Images -- Imaging and imagining the gods -- God Incarnate -- Wholly holey holy Lord -- or God of power and might? -- Figuring [out] the empty body -- Icons and idols -- Beyond the body? |
Summary |
The art of the human body is arguably the most important and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to us by Classical antiquity. Not only has it directed the course of western image-making, it has shaped our collective cultural imaginary - as ideal, antitype, and point of departure. This book is the first concerted attempt to grapple with that legacy: it explores the complex relationship between Graeco-Roman images of the body and subsequent western engagements with them, from the Byzantine icon to Venice Beach (and back again). Instead of approaching his material chronologically, Michael Squire face |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-229) and index |
Notes |
Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Human beings in art -- Psychological aspects
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Art, Classical.
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Art and society.
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Civilization, Modern -- Classical influences.
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History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Art and society
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Art, Classical
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Civilization, Modern -- Classical influences
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Human beings in art -- Psychological aspects
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780857719317 |
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0857719319 |
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9780755625239 |
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0755625234 |
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