The Face : Our Human Story - Our Human Story

Informationen zum Autor Chicago-based author Debra N. Mancoff writes about the intersection of art, culture and fashion. She earned her doctorate in Art History (Victorian Art and Culture) at Northwestern University and is a Scholar-In-Residence at the Newberry Library. Her books include The Face: Our Human History (British Museum/Thames & Hudson); Fashion in Impressionist Paris (Merrell); Danger! Women Artists at Work ( Merrell) Monet’s Garden in Art (Francis Lincoln); The Garden in Art (Merrell); The Pre-Raphaelite Language of Flowers (Prestel); and Icons Of Beauty: Art Culture, and the Image of Women (Greenwood). Klappentext The representation of faces in objects and art from various cultures and historical periods is considered in this selection of images from the collections at the British Museum, engaging with humanity's shifting perception of itself. Zusammenfassung An exquisitely designed and thoroughly engrossing thematic study of the representation of the face on objects and in works of art from all cultures and throughout history, revealing what it is to be human. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction ¿ 1. Birth & Childhood ¿ 2. Love & Beauty ¿ 3. Everyday Life ¿ 4. Faith & Ritual ¿ 5. Rulers & Warfare ¿ 6. Identity & Disguise ¿ 7. Death & the Afterlife

Product details

• Authors: Debra Mancoff, Debra N. Mancoff
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780500518625
• ISBN: 978-0-500-51862-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Weight: 920 g
• Series: British Museum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Art treatments & subjects, The Arts: treatments and subjects