How do we look? : the body, the divine, and the question of civilisation

Beard, Mary 1955- (author.). Beard, Mary 1955- Civilisations : how do we look : the eye of faith. (Added Author).

Summary: "From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781631494406 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
240 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cm
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton and Company, 2018.

Content descriptions

General Note:	This book is an accompaniment to two episodes, out of a total of nine, of the television program Civilisations presented by Mary Beard.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 211-226) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: A history of looking -- Part 1: The body in question -- Prologue: Heads and bodies -- A singing statue -- Greek bodies -- The look of loss: from Greece to Rome -- The Emperor of China and the power of images -- Supersizing a pharaoh -- The Greek revolution -- The stain on the thigh -- The revolution's legacy -- The Olmec wrestler -- Part 2: The eye of faith -- Prologue: Sunrise at Angkor Wat -- Who's looking? "Cave art" at Ajanta -- Who or what was Jesus? -- Questions of vanity -- A living statue? -- The artfulness of Islam -- Bible stories -- The scars of battle -- Hindu images, Islamic idioms -- Faith in civilisation -- Afterword: Looking at civilisation.