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Civilisations

How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith


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  • by Mary Beard
An unmissable tour through art and time with the most renowned classicist of today. Britain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations? Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day. From idolatry to iconoclasm, Mary Beard shines her spotlight on the artists who made art, and on those who have used, viewed, or interpreted it - and asked how to look with the eye of faith.

ISBN 9781805222460 | EN | PB
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Publisher Profile (Faber)
ISBN 9781805222460
Author(s) by Mary Beard
Publication date July 2024
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 197 x 129 mm
Illustrations 100 col.ill.
Pages 240
Language(s) English ed.
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An unmissable tour through art and time with the most renowned classicist of today, Mary Beard, Companion to the BBC series CIVILISATIONS.

Britain's most famous classicist asks: what are civilisations?

Central to this huge question are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day. And across such iconic creations as Angkor Wat, the Ravenna mosaics and China's terracotta army, one ancient representation of the human body still influences (or distorts) how people in the West see not only their own culture but that of others.

From idolatry to iconoclasm, Mary Beard shines her spotlight on the artists who made art, and on those who have used, viewed, or interpreted it - and asked how to look with the eye of faith.