| Edition |
First American edition |
| ISBN |
9781631494406 hardcover |
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1631494406 hardcover |
| NUMBER |
W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795 |
| Descript |
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Content |
Introduction : a history of looking -- 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 -- 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 |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Note |
"First published in Great Britain under the title CIVILISATIONS: How Do We Look/The Eye of Faith." |
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Companion to the British television series Civilisations |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index |
| Subject |
Human beings in art -- History
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Art and society
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Art and religion
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Civilization in art
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| Alt Title |
Civilisations (Television program)
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