The Body Imaged: The Human Form and Visual Culture since the Renaissance - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521447682 ISBN 13: 9780521447683

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Riassunto

The twelve essays in this book employ a wide range of visual material from varying periods in history to explore different attitudes to and representations of the human body. Each essay serves to analyse how visual representations of the body work metaphorically and systematically to define and reinforce beliefs and social practices. Many of the essays focus on a single painting, photograph, or other object to examine the wider implications of the image of the body and the body as image. An impressive range of methods and approaches is brought to bear, serving to demonstrate the intellectual vigour and breadth of the subject of the body in art, and the richness of the material with which it can be studied.

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Descrizione del libro:

The twelve essays in this book explore different attitudes to, and representations of the human body, from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Contenuti:

Part I: The Body of the Artist; Part II: Bodies of Masculinity; Part III: Bodies of Femininity; Part IV: The Body as Language.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521447682
• ISBN 13: 9780521447683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Redattore: Adler Kathleen, Pointon Marcia