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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrow, R. J. (Rosemary J.), author.

Silk, M. S. (Michael Stephen), 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680.

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo.

Gender identity in art.

Sex in art.

Sculpture, Greek--Themes, motives.

Sculpture, Greek.

Sculpture, Roman--Themes, motives.

Sculpture, Roman.

Sculpture, Classical.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Gender and the Body in Greek and Roman Sculpture 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 works can be shown to evoke. Rosemary Barrow gives close attention to both original context and modern experience, while directly addressing the question of continuity in gender and body issues from antiquity to the early modern period through a discussion of the sculpture of Bernini. Accessible and fully illustrated, her book features new translations of ancient sources and a glossary of Greek and Latin terms. It will be an invaluable resource and focus for debate for a wide range of readers interested in ancient art, gender and sexuality in antiquity, and art history and gender and body studies more broadly.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Sep 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-58386-5

1-139-60043-5

1-108-63684-5