Naked Truths - Women, Sexuality and Gender in Classical Art and Archaeology

This volume presents a timely, provocative and beautifully illustrated re-evaluation of how gender, identity and sexuality reveal "naked truths" about fundamental human values and social realities, through the symbolism of the body.

Sommario

1. Naked truths about classical art: An introduction 2. 'Ways of seeing' women in antiquity: An introduction to feminism in classical archaeology and ancient art history 3. Female beauty and male violence in early Italian society 4. divesting the female breast of clothes in classical sculpture 5. When painters execute a murderess: the representation of clytemnestra on attic vases 6. Sappho in attic vase painting 7. Gender and sexuality in the Parthenon frieze 8. Naked and limbless: Learning about the feminine body in ancient Athens 9. Nursing mothers in classical art 10. Making a world of difference: Gender, Asymmetry, and the Greek nude 11. The only happy couple: Hermaphrodites and gender 12. Violent stages in two Pompeian houses: Imperial taste, aristocratic response and messages of male control 13. Epilogue: gender and desire

Info autore

Ann O Koloski-Ostrow, Claire L Lyons

Riassunto

This volume presents a timely, provocative and beautifully illustrated re-evaluation of how gender, identity and sexuality reveal "naked truths" about fundamental human values and social realities, through the symbolism of the body.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Ann O Koloski-Ostrow (Editore), Claire L Lyons (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.07.1997
• EAN: 9780415159951
• ISBN: 978-0-415-15995-1
• Pagine: 332
• Peso: 720 g
• Illustrazioni: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; ART / Subjects & Themes / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, HEALTH & FITNESS / Sexuality, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure, SELF-HELP / Sexual Instruction, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Art / General, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Ancient World, Gender studies, gender groups, Sex & sexuality, sex manuals, Archaeology by period / region, Gender studies: women and girls, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Art: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Sex and sexuality: advice and issues, Nudes depicted in art, Man-made objects depicted in art