Back to top
Languages & Display
English
Español
Display
Everett Public Libraries
Dark Mode
Navigation
Website
Get a Card
Events
Online Databases
Help
Location and Hours
Contact Information
Catalog Help
Sign in
Your Account
Library Home Page
Library Hours & Location
Change Catalog
Display Options
Languages
English
Español
Sign Out
Look for
Clear search
Keyword
Title
Start of Title
Series
Author
Subject
Call Number
Advanced Search
in Library Catalog
in Online Collection
in Articles & Databases
in Lists
in History & Archives
in Combined Results
Search
Browse
»
How do we look: the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation
How do we look: the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation
Author
Beard, Mary, 1955-
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Book
Show Edition
Available from another library
Where is it?
See Full Copy Details
Place Hold
Add to List
SHARE
Description
Loading Description...
Published Reviews
Table of Contents
From the Book - First American edition.
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.
Excerpt
Loading Excerpt...
Author Notes
Loading Author Notes...
Subjects
Subjects
Ancient & Classical
Anthropology
ART
ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical
Art and religion
Art and society
Civilization
Civilization in art
General
HISTORY
HISTORY -- Civilization
Human beings in art
Nonfiction
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General
More Details
ISBN
9781631494406
NoveList
Staff View
Loading Staff View.
Loading, please wait
...