· Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Brand: Liveright Publishing Corporation. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famedCivilisationsshows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III. How Do We Look?could also refer to the physical quality of the book itself. Its design, use, and style harken back to the concise, entertaining, well-made, solid little books popular a few years ago. In that, Beard again explores a means of perceptions (and a practical meaning of educating).
Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith," the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Be. How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine and the Question of Civilization Mary Beard Reviewed by Phil. Mary Beard describes her latest book, How Do We Look, as an exploration of art, and our reactions to it, over thousands of years and across thousands of miles. The title refers to Beard's intention of "putting the viewers of art back into the. The Way We Look Now, According to Mary Beard. October 5, In her new e book, "How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine and the Question of Civilization," Mary Beard, a professor of classics at Cambridge University, turns her eye to the historical past of artwork. The slim quantity, revealed in September by Liveright, focuses on the.
THE BODY, THE DIVINE, AND THE QUESTION OF CIVILIZATION. by Mary Beard ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 2, The renowned classicist delivers another tantalizing morsel of analysis, this time on “art, and our reactions to it, over thousands of years and across thousands of miles.”. In this “inevitably and unashamedly selective book,” Beard (Classics/Cambridge Univ.; Women Power: A Manifesto, , etc.) reviews the very purpose of art: who made it, who viewed it, and how we see it. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famedCivilisationsshows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of classical Greece, Beard explores the power, hierarchy, and gender politics of the art of the ancient world, and explains how it came.
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