Bodyscape : art, modernity, and the ideal figure /: art, modernity, and the ideal figure. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Bodyscape : art, modernity, and the ideal figure /: art, modernity, and the ideal figure. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Bodyscape : art, modernity, and the ideal figure
- Further Information:
- Note: Nicholas Mirzoeff.
- Other Names:
- Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
- Contents:
- 1. Bodyscapes. Body fragments versus universal forms. Blindness and insight. The canon of blindness -- 2. The Body Politic. The king's two bodies. The stone king: representing Louis XIV. Engendering the Classical. The king also dies. Republican body politics. Defying the body politic. After the body politic? In memoriam -- 3. Like a Virgin? Post-Revolutionary depression. Restoring art. From the Madonna to the harem. But is it Art? Coda: Madonnas on screen -- 4. Photography at the Heart of Darkness. Envisaging the Congo. Anthropology, eugenics and photography. The politics of cultural difference -- 5. Painting at the Heart of Whiteness. Graffiti, hip-hop and the art world. Race and modern art. Diaspora, wandering and representation -- Epilogue: From Terminator to Witness.
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (203 pages)
- Subjects:
- 704.9/42
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Popular culture
Postmodernism
Art, Modern
Popular culture
Postmodernism
Iconografie
Menselijk lichaam
Beeldende kunsten
Kunst
Körper
Ästhetisches Ideal
Kunst
Modernitet
Menneskekroppen
Motiver (Bildekunst)
Mennesket i kunsten
Menneskekroppen
Kunstteori
Art, Modern -- 20th century
Human Body
Art -- history
Beauty -- history - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781134859771
1134859775 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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