Gender, Identity and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture

ISBN-13: 9781107039544 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Rosemary Barrow; Michael Silk

Opis

Offers analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, and art history.

Recenzje

'This is an interesting and diverse collection of essays that raises thought provoking questions around representations of the body and gender in the ancient world.' Lucy Angel, Classics For All

Spis treści

Introduction: approaching gender; 1. The male body: doryphoros; 2. The female body: Aphrodite of Cnidos; 3. The veiled body: Tanagra statuette; 4. The ageing body: drunken old woman; 5. The indefinite body: sleeping Hermaphrodite; 6. The political body: Prima Porta Augustus; 7. The incongruous body: portrait of 'Marcia Furnilla' as Venus; 8. The beloved body: Antinous; 9. The other body: marble relief with female gladiators; 10. The non-human body: Pan and a she-goat; Epilogue: Bernini's 'Neptune and Triton'.