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Author Bindman, David, 1940-

Title Ape to Apollo : aesthetics and the idea of race in the 18th century / David Bindman
Published London : Reaktion Books, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Ape to Apollo Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Human Variety, Race and Aesthetics; 1 Human Variety Before Race; 2 The Climate of the Soul; 3 Defining and Denying Race; 4 The Skull's Triumph; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index
Summary In Ape to Apollo, art historian David Bindman argues that ideas of beauty were from the beginning inseparable from race, as Europeans judged the civility and aesthetic capacity of other races by their appearance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Ethnology -- History -- 18th century
Aesthetics, Modern -- 18th century.
Fine Arts
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Aesthetics, Modern
Ethnology
Physiognomie
Ästhetik
Kunst
Rasse
Rassentheorieën.
Maatschappij.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Esthetica.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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