Gender, identity and the body in Greek and Roman sculpture / R.J. Barrow ; prepared for publication by Michael Silk ; with the assistance of JasĖ Elsner, Sebastian Matzner and Michael Squire Michael Squire.
This book offers incisive analysis of selected works of ancient art through a critical use of cutting-edge theory from gender studies, body studies, art history and other related fields. The book raises important questions about ancient sculpture and the contrasting responses that the individual wor...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Figures; Preface by Michael Silk; Rosemary Barrow: Obituary Notice; Practical Information; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Approaching Gender; Gender Studies; Visual Theories; Pornography; Case Studies; 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: Antinous9 The Other Body: Marble Relief with Female Gladiators; 10 The Non-Human Body: Pan and a She-Goat; Epilogue: Bernini's 'Neptune and Triton'; Glossary of Greek and Latin Terms; Bibliography; Index