{"product_id":"sex-symbolists-and-the-greek-body-9781350194564","title":"Sex Symbolists and the Greek Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores Symbolist artists' fascination with ancient Greek art and myth, and how the erotic played a major role in this. For a brief period at the end of the 19th century the Symbolist movement inspired artists to turn inwards to the unconscious mind, endeavouring to unveil the secrets of human nature through their symbolic art. But above all their greatest interest, and fear, was man (and woman's) sexuality. Building upon the traditions of Academic neoclassicism, but fired with a new zeal, they turned back to Greek art and myth for inspiration. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat classical legacy was once again a vehicle for artists to express their dreams, ideas and revelries. And so too their anxieties. For at times the frightening spectre of the sexual unconscious drove them to a new and innovative engagement with antiquity, including in ways never before tried in the history of the classical tradition. The unnerving sirens of Gustave Moreau, unearthly heroines of Odilon Redon, or leering fa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book’s collection of images and its linking of them to the erotic opens exciting avenues of exploration around questions of Symbolist reception and these artists’ engagement of the ancient as a space to explore the cultural politics of sexual fantasy and the embodiment of desire. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations   \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e             Context             Symbolists and the Classics             The Greek Body   \u003cb\u003eSex and the Symbolists\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e Part 1 – The Female Body\u003c\/b\u003e   Aphrodite – As Object Medusa – As Danger Sphinx – As Mystery \u003cb\u003e Part 2 – The Male Body\u003c\/b\u003e   Endymion – As Idol Faun – As Instinct Ganymede – As Androgyne \u003cb\u003e Part 3 – The Other\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e   Notes  Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019635982679,"sku":"9781350194564","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350194564.jpg?v=1750780858","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sex-symbolists-and-the-greek-body-9781350194564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}