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 /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beard, Mary, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2018]
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Human beings in art > History.
Art and society.
Art and religion.
Civilization in art.
HISTORY > Civilization.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.