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02335aam a22003014a 4500 001 195AA2206A8B11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 091008s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009042631 020 $a 0230007155 (hardback) 020 $a 9780230007154 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)226357022 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d YDX $d BWK $d BWX $d YDXCP $d SILO 050 00 $a BH137 H38 2009 100 1 $a Hatzaki, Myrto, $d 1977- 245 10 $a Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : $b perceptions and representations in art and text / $c Myrto Hatzaki. 260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2009. 300 $a x, 196 p., [56] p. of col. plates : $b ill. ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Beauty and the Beast looks into physical beauty in Byzantium, and reveals a quality with an unmistakable dark side. It is the curious dynamics of beauty in general, and male beauty in particular, that this book aims to unravel in a way that affects our perception of the (male) body in Byzantium and of beauty in the Byzantine world"--Provided by publisher. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: * Introduction * PART I: BEAUTIFUL BODIES * The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definition and Perception * Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil * Empowering Beauty: Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power * The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Beauty, Martyrdom, Eloquence and Emotion * PART II: BEAUTY AND MASCULINITY * Age before Beauty * Angels and Eunuchs: the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity * The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers * Conclusion * Introduction * PART I: BEAUTIFUL BODIES * The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definition and Perception * Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil * Empowering Beauty: Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power * The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Beauty, Martyrdom, Eloquence and Emotion * PART II: BEAUTY AND MASCULINITY * Age before Beauty * Angels and Eunuchs: the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity * The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers * Conclusion. 650 0 $a Aesthetics, Byzantine. 650 0 $a Masculine beauty (Aesthetics) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825045159.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=195AA2206A8B11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search