Description
Book SynopsisThis book 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. It will be a key resource for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in courses on classical art, classical civilization, and gender studies.
Trade Review'This is an interesting and diverse collection of essays that raises thought provoking questions around representations of the body and gender in the ancient world.' Lucy Angel, Classics For All
Table of ContentsIntroduction: approaching gender; 1. The male body: doryphoros; 2. The female body: Aphrodite of Cnidos; 3. The veiled body: Tanagra statuette; 4. The ageing body: drunken old woman; 5. The indefinite body: sleeping Hermaphrodite; 6. The political body: Prima Porta Augustus; 7. The incongruous body: portrait of 'Marcia Furnilla' as Venus; 8. The beloved body: Antinous; 9. The other body: marble relief with female gladiators; 10. The non-human body: Pan and a she-goat; Epilogue: Bernini's 'Neptune and Triton'.
