The Body imaged : the human form and visual culture since the Renaissance / edited by Kathleen Adler and Marcia Pointon.
"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 an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1993.
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| Summary: | "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."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-208) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0521415365 9780521415361 0521447682 9780521447683 |