ch. 1. Idols, myths, and magic: the body in antiquity
ch. 2. Body re-born: the Middle Ages
ch. 3. Apotheosis of the body: Mannerism and Baroque
ch. 4. Sublime body: the eighteenth century
ch. 5. Body in colour: the nineteenth century
ch. 6. Abjection and assemblage: the body in the twentieth century.