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Defining beauty : the body in ancient Greek art / Ian Jenkins with Celeste Farge and Victoria Turner.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : The British Museum Press, 2015Description: 1 volume : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780714122878
  • 0714122874
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction / Neil MacGregor
The human body in Greek art and thought / Ian Jenkins
The life of ancient statues / Vinzenz Brinkmann
The Greek body beautiful and the origins of European Romanticism / Matthew Bell
The shock of the new : the reception of the Parthenon sculptures in nineteenth-century Europe / Athena S. Leoussi
Encounters -- Body colour -- Men like gods -- Giving form to thought -- Rites of passage -- Love and desire -- Beauty and the beast -- Character and realism -- The Greek body goes east -- The shock of the new.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.38 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08027

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the British Museum, 26th March-5th July 2015.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.


Introduction / Neil MacGregor

The human body in Greek art and thought / Ian Jenkins

The life of ancient statues / Vinzenz Brinkmann

The Greek body beautiful and the origins of European Romanticism / Matthew Bell

The shock of the new : the reception of the Parthenon sculptures in nineteenth-century Europe / Athena S. Leoussi

Encounters -- Body colour -- Men like gods -- Giving form to thought -- Rites of passage -- Love and desire -- Beauty and the beast -- Character and realism -- The Greek body goes east -- The shock of the new.