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Author : Glenys Davies
Release : 2018-05-31
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 735/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gender and Body Language in Roman Art by : Glenys Davies
Download or read book Gender and Body Language in Roman Art written by Glenys Davies. This book was released on 2018-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of the body language of statues of men and women as an indicator of gender relations in Roman society.
Author : Douglas Cairns
Release : 2005-12-31
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 640/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds by : Douglas Cairns
Download or read book Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds written by Douglas Cairns. This book was released on 2005-12-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished cast of scholars discusses models of gesture and non-verbal communication as they apply to Greek and Roman culture, literature and art. Topics include dress and costume in the Homeric poems; the importance of looking, eye-contact, and face-to-face orientation in Greek society; the construction of facial expression in Greek and Roman epic; the significance of gesture and body language in the visual meaning of ancient sculpture; the evidence for gesture and performance style in the texts of ancient drama; the erotic significance of feet and footprints; and the role of gesture in Roman law. The volume seeks to apply a sense of history as well as of theory in interpreting non-verbal communication. It looks both at the cross-cultural and at the culturally specific in its treatment of this important but long-neglected aspect of Classical Studies.
Author : Rosemary Barrow
Release : 2018-10-11
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 865/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture by : Rosemary Barrow
Download or read book Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture written by Rosemary Barrow. This book was released on 2018-10-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture offers incisive analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, art history and other related fields. The book raises important questions about ancient sculpture and the contrasting responses that the individual works can be shown to evoke. Rosemary Barrow gives close attention to both original context and modern experience, while directly addressing the question of continuity in gender and body issues from antiquity to the early modern period through a discussion of the sculpture of Bernini. Accessible and fully illustrated, her book features new translations of ancient sources and a glossary of Greek and Latin terms. It will be an invaluable resource and focus for debate for a wide range of readers interested in ancient art, gender and sexuality in antiquity, and art history and gender and body studies more broadly.
Author : Jane Masséglia
Release : 2015
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 598/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Body Language in Hellenistic Art and Society by : Jane Masséglia
Download or read book Body Language in Hellenistic Art and Society written by Jane Masséglia. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are so many Hellenistic kings shown with one arm in the air? Could posture distinguish the slave from the citizen? Was there a Hellenistic etiquette of sitting down? How did Hellenistic Greeks feel about the bodies of the disabled and the elderly? And what did it mean to Tuck-for-Luck? This richly-illustrated book brings together a wide range of Hellenistic art objects, and reveals how ancient social attitudes were encoded in the body language of their subjects. Incorporating approaches from anthropology and archaeology, it considers a wide range of social groups, from the elite to slaves, and examines the postures, gestures, and body actions which were considered appropriate to each. By examining Hellenistic kings, queens, public intellectuals, citizen men and women, Africans, servants, paidagogoi, fishermen, peasants, old women, dwarfs, and the disabled, this study provides important new insights into what is 'Hellenistic' about Hellenistic Art, and into the anxieties of Hellenistic society. In doing so, it not only reconsiders familiar concepts such as the 'individuality' of the civic elite and the apparent passivity of women, but also reveals Hellenistic attitudes towards issues such as old age, race, and child abuse, and explores power, prejudice, and the role of art in both reflecting and enforcing social stereotypes.
Author : Tonio Hölscher
Release : 2004-11-18
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 698/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Language of Images in Roman Art by : Tonio Hölscher
Download or read book The Language of Images in Roman Art written by Tonio Hölscher. This book was released on 2004-11-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 2004, develops a theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images.
