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The Art of the Body: Antiquity and Its Legacy (Ancients & Moderns)

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The classical human body is most likely the single most essential and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to the up to date world by antiquity. Not only has it directed the evolutionary trajectory of western art; it has also saturated almost each aspect of the latest subconscious, as ideal, anti-type and point of departure. This short book represents the first concerted try to grapple with the complex nature of that legacy. Writing in an attractive and accessible style, and supplementing his text with a wealthy array of illustrations, Michael Squire guides his readers through a multifaceted range of up to date interactions with ancient visual representations of the body. From Byzantine diptych to Hollywood cinema screen, and from Aphrodite to the Venus de Milo, The Art of the Body demonstrates the wide variety of cultural ideas and anxieties that were explored by the figure of the body both in antiquity and in the more than a few cultural landscapes that came afterwards. In exploring the fascinating connections between ancient and up to date in the broadest sense, the book offers a perfect starting point and a stimulating textbook for undergraduate students of ancient history, classical archaeology and classical civilization.

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