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100 1 $aBeard, Mary,$d1955-$eauthor.
240 10 $aCivilisations.$pHow do we look
245 10 $aHow do we look :$bthe body, the divine, and the question of civilisation /$cMary Beard.
250 $aFirst American edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLiveright Publishing Corporation,$c[2018]
264 4 $cỨ́2018
300 $a240 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"First published in Great Britain under the title CIVILISATIONS: How Do We Look/The Eye of Faith."
500 $aCompanion to the British television series Civilisations.
520 $a"From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: A history of looking -- Part 1. The body in question. 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 2. The eye of faith. 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.
650 0 $aHuman beings in art$xHistory.
650 0 $aArt and society.
650 0 $aArt and religion.
650 0 $aCivilization in art.
730 02 $aCivilisations (Television program)
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