An edition of How do we look?
(2018)
How do we look?
the body, the divine, and the question of civilization
First American edition.
by Mary Beard
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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"--
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How do we look?: the body, the divine, and the question of civilization
2018, Liveright Publishing Corporation
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- First American edition.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index.
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