Gender, identity and the body in Greek and Roman sculpture / R.J. Barrow ; prepared for publication by Michael Silk ; with the assistance of Jaś Elsner, Sebastian Matzner and Michael Squire.

  • Barrow, R. J. (Rosemary J.)
Date:
2018
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Publication/Creation

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Physical description

xvii, 225 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9781107039544
  • 1107039541
  • 9781107612198