Bibliograph

How do we look? ;, and, The eye of faith, Mary Beard

Type

Label

How do we look? ;, and, The eye of faith, Mary Beard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How do we look? ;

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Mary Beard

Sub title

and, The eye of faith

Summary

Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. In Part One she examines how the human figure was portrayed in some of the earliest art in the world. And she explains how one particular version of representing the human body still influences (and sometimes distorts) how people in the West see their own culture and that of others. In Part Two Mary Beard turns to the relationship between art and religion. For centuries, religion has inspired art: from the Hindu temple at Angkor Wat to the Christian mosaics of Ravenna to the calligraphy of Islamic mosques. But making the divine visible has never been simple. All religions have wrestled with idolatry and iconoclasm, destroying it as well as creating it -- and asking how to look with The Eye of Faith

Table Of Contents

Part 1: How do we look? -- Part 2: The eye of faith

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Civilisations

Contributor