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  1. How do we look
    the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation
    Author: Beard, Mary
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York

    "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... more

    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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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. 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. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Beard explores the power, hierarchy, and gender politics of the art of the ancient world, and explains how it came to define the so-called civilized world. In Part II, Beard chronicles some of the most breathtaking religious imagery ever made...whether at Angkor Wat, Ravenna, Venice, or in the art of Jewish and Islamic calligraphers... to show how all religions, ancient and modern, have faced irreconcilable problems in trying to picture the divine. With this classic volume, Beard redefines the Western-and male-centric legacies of Ernst Gombrich and Kenneth Clark"...

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781631494406
    Edition: First American edition
    Subjects: Human beings in art; Art and society; Art and religion; Civilization in art; Glaube <Motiv>; Mensch <Motiv>; Zivilisation; Kunst
    Scope: 240 Seiten, Illustrationen
    Notes:

    "First published in Great Britain under the title 'Civilisations : how do we look/the eye of faith."

    Companion to the British television series Civilisations

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. How do we look
    the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation
    Author: Beard, Mary
    Published: [2018]
    Publisher:  Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York

    "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... more

    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
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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. 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. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Beard explores the power, hierarchy, and gender politics of the art of the ancient world, and explains how it came to define the so-called civilized world. In Part II, Beard chronicles some of the most breathtaking religious imagery ever made--whether at Angkor Wat, Ravenna, Venice, or in the art of Jewish and Islamic calligraphers-- to show how all religions, ancient and modern, have faced irreconcilable problems in trying to picture the divine. With this classic volume, Beard redefines the Western-and male-centric legacies of Ernst Gombrich and Kenneth Clark"-- 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

     

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    Verlag (Inhaltsverzeichnis)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781631494406
    Edition: First American edition
    Subjects: Human beings in art; Art and society; Art and religion; Civilization in art
    Scope: 240 Seiten, Illustrationen
    Notes:

    "First published in Great Britain under the title 'Civilisations : how do we look/the eye of faith."