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Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : perceptions and representations in art and text
- Title
- Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : perceptions and representations in art and text / Myrto Hatzaki.
- Author
- Hatzaki, Myrto, 1977-
- Publication
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 10-186 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- x, 196 p., [56] p. of col. plates : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Beauty and the Beast looks into physical beauty in Byzantium, and reveals a quality with an unmistakable dark side. It is the curious dynamics of beauty in general, and male beauty in particular, that this book aims to unravel in a way that affects our perception of the (male) body in Byzantium and of beauty in the Byzantine world"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: * Introduction * PART I: BEAUTIFUL BODIES * The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definition and Perception * Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil * Empowering Beauty: Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power * The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Beauty, Martyrdom, Eloquence and Emotion * PART II: BEAUTY AND MASCULINITY * Age before Beauty * Angels and Eunuchs: the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity * The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers * Conclusion * Introduction * PART I: BEAUTIFUL BODIES * The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definition and Perception * Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil * Empowering Beauty: Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power * The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Beauty, Martyrdom, Eloquence and Emotion * PART II: BEAUTY AND MASCULINITY * Age before Beauty * Angels and Eunuchs: the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity * The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers * Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFD 10-186
- ISBN
- 9780230007154 (hardback)
- 0230007155 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2009042631
- OCLC
- YBP 2009042631
- Author
- Hatzaki, Myrto, 1977-
- Title
- Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : perceptions and representations in art and text / Myrto Hatzaki.
- Imprint
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 10-186