Ape to Apollo : aesthetics and the idea of race in the 18th century / David Bindman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bindman, David, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics, European--18th century.

Aesthetics, European.

Race.

Ethnology--History--18th century.

Ethnology.

Aesthetics, Modern--18th century.

Aesthetics, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Ape to Apollo, art historian David Bindman argues that ideas of beauty were from the beginning inseparable from race, as Europeans judged the civility and aesthetic capacity of other races by their appearance.

Contents:

Ape to Apollo Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Human Variety, Race and Aesthetics; 1 Human Variety Before Race; 2 The Climate of the Soul; 3 Defining and Denying Race; 4 The Skull's Triumph; Epilogue; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612979286

9781282979284

1282979280

9781861897886

186189788X

OCLC:

649924762