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Defining beauty : the body in ancient Greek art /

"Through word and image, this book explores the Greek portrayal of human character in art, along with sexual and social identity ... A series of lively introductory essays by leading scholars reveals aspects of how the Greeks themselves saw the human form both in life and art, following the rec...

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Main Authors: Jenkins, Ian Ian Dennis
Corporate Authors: British Museum
Group Author: Farge, Celeste; Turner, Victoria
Published: The British Museum,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Art, Ancient > Greece > Exhibitions
Figure sculpture, Greek > Exhibitions
Human beings in art > Exhibitions
Summary: "Through word and image, this book explores the Greek portrayal of human character in art, along with sexual and social identity ... A series of lively introductory essays by leading scholars reveals aspects of how the Greeks themselves saw the human form both in life and art, following the reception of the reception of the Greek body into modern times. The book concludes with a reflection upon how the authentic Greek body came to be identified with the Parthenon sculptures, displacing all previous canons of Greek taste"--
Item Description: Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum, 26 March-5 July 2015.
Carrier Form: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.
ISBN: 9780714122878
0714122874
Index Number: N5635
CLC: J331(545)-28
Call Number: J331(545)-28/J524
Contents: The human body in Greek art and thought /
The life of ancient statues /
The Greek body beautiful and the origins of European Romanticism /
The shock of the new :
the reception of the Parthenon sculptures in nineteenth-century Europe /

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