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Beard, Mary, 1955-
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Human beings in art -- History.
Art and society.
Art and religion.
Civilization in art.
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Beard, Mary, 1955-
Human beings in art -- History.
Art and society.
Art and religion.
Civilization in art.
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How do we look : the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation / Mary Beard.
by
Beard, Mary, 1955-
Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Call #:
704.942 B368h
Subjects
Human
beings
in
art
--
History
.
Art
and society.
Art
and religion.
Civilization in
art
.
ISBN:
9781631494406 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Civilisations. How do we look.
Edition:
1st American ed.
Description:
240 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Great Britain under the title CIVILISATIONS: How Do We Look/The Eye of Faith"--T. p. verso
Companion to the British television series Civilisations
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : a
history
of looking
--
Prologue : heads and bodies
--
A singing statue
--
Greek bodies
--
The look of loss : from Greece to Rome
--
The emperor of China and the power of images
--
Supersizing a pharaoh
--
The Greek revolution
--
The stain on the thigh
--
The revolution's legacy
--
The Olmec wrestler
--
Prologue : sunrise at Angkor Wat
--
Who's looking? 'Cave
art
' at Ajanta
--
Who or what was Jesus?
--
Questions of vanity
--
A living statue?
--
The artfulness of Islam
--
Bible stories
--
The scars of battle
--
Hindu images, Islamic idioms
--
Faith in civilisation
--
Afterword : looking at civilisation.
Summary:
"From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the
history
of
art
, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at
art
."--From publisher.
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