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Beard, Mary, 1955- author.
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Human beings in art -- History.
Art and society.
Art and religion.
Civilization in art.
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How do we look : the...
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How do we look : the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation / Mary Beard.
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Beard, Mary, 1955- author.
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018.
Subjects
Human beings in art -- History.
Art and society.
Art and religion.
Civilization in art.
ISBN:
9781631494406 (hardcover)
1631494406 (hardcover)
Description:
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Edition:
First American edition.
Contents:
Introduction : a history of looking -- [Part I] 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 --[Part II] 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.
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"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"--
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
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704.942 Be
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704.942 Be
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