M. Hatzaki
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2009
9780230007154
Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium
Perceptions and Representations in Art and Text
Specificaties
Gebonden, blz.
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Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
2009
ISBN13: 9780230007154
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
Gratis verzonden
Samenvatting
A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780230007154
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Illustration Sources Introduction The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definitions and Perceptions Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Pain, Eloquence and Emotion Angels and Eunuchs; the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index