Body of Art is the first book to focus exclusively on the body in art, providing not only a complete history of how the human form has been represented in visual culture over time, but also how it has become - literally and metaphorically - the canvas on and through which we talk about human experience. Unprecedented in scope and intellectual rigour, Body of Art spans Western and non-Western art, ancient to contemporary, figurative, abstract and conceptual.
Works are curated by theme into ten chapters : Beauty, Identity, Power, Religion & Belief, Sex & Gender, Emotion Embodied, The Body's Limits, Bodies & Space, The Abject Body, The Absent Body. An illustrated timeline provides broader historical and social contexts. Featuring c 450 colour images, each accompanied by a concise and informative essay, Body of Art brings to lift the diversity of human cultures through the prism of the human body.
Body of Art is the first book to focus exclusively on the body in art, providing not only a complete history of how the human form has been represented in visual culture over time, but also how it has become - literally and metaphorically - the canvas on and through which we talk about human experience. Unprecedented in scope and intellectual rigour, Body of Art spans Western and non-Western art, ancient to contemporary, figurative, abstract and conceptual.
Works are curated by theme into ten chapters : Beauty, Identity, Power, Religion & Belief, Sex & Gender, Emotion Embodied, The Body's Limits, Bodies & Space, The Abject Body, The Absent Body. An illustrated timeline provides broader historical and social contexts. Featuring c 450 colour images, each accompanied by a concise and informative essay, Body of Art brings to lift the diversity of human cultures through the prism of the human body.