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Censoring The Body: Manifestos for the Twenty-first Century

by Edward Lucie-smith
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781905422531
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Education & Psychology
  • Publisher: Seagull Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Seagull
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 112
  • Original Price: INR 395.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Subjects & Themes / Human Figure

About the Book From the earliest times, human beings have found it difficult to represent their own bodies in a straightforward way. at the dawn of art, representations of the nude body focused almost entirely on fertility, with some cultures explicit and others rather more prudish about representing the unclothed body. with the coming of Christianity, representations of the nude became associated with the idea of the fall of man and original sin. This conflicted with the need to show nude or nearly nude bodies when representing episodes from the passion of Christ and the martyrdoms of popular saints. Today, representations of the nude remain a battleground, fought over by libertarians and anti-libertarians. Most recently, feminism has challenged images of the female nude, while an increasing moral panic now restricts the depiction of the naked child - images which would have been commonplace in the art of the Renaissance. Censoring the body exposes our bodies and our ideas about our bodies, revealing the complex historical and cultural legacies which frame - and obscure - our vision. About the Author Edward Lucie-Smith is an internationally renowned art critic and historian. He has published over 100 books, notably Movements in Art since 1945, Visual Arts of the 20th Century, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Art Today, now used as standard texts throughout the world.

Edward Lucie-Smith is an internationally renowned art critic and historian. He has published over 100 books, notably Movements in Art since 1945, Visual Arts of the 20th Century, A Dictionary of Art Termsand Art Today, now used as standard texts throughout the world.

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