Published to accompany an exhibition held at the British Museum, 26 March-5 July 2015. Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index.
Contents:
The shock of the new. Athena S. Leoussi -- the reception of the Parthenon sculptures in nineteenth-century Europe / Ian Jenkins -- The life of ancient statues / Vinzenz Brinkmann -- The Greek body beautiful and the origins of European Romanticism / Matthew Bell -- The shock of the new : the reception of the Parthenon sculptures in nineteenth-century Europe / Athena S. Leoussi -- Encounters -- Body colour -- Men like gods -- Giving form to thought -- Rites of passage -- Love and desire -- Beauty and the beast -- Character and realism -- The Greek body goes east -- The shock of the new.
Summary:
"Through word and image, this book explores the Greek portrayal of human character in art, along with sexual and social identity ... A series of lively introductory essays by leading scholars reveals aspects of how the Greeks themselves saw the human form both in life and art, following the reception of the reception of the Greek body into modern times. The book concludes with a reflection upon how the authentic Greek body came to be identified with the Parthenon sculptures, displacing all previous canons of Greek taste"-- Jacket front flap.
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