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The severed head : capital visions

Title
The severed head : capital visions / Julia Kristeva ; translated by Jody Gladding.
Author
Kristeva, Julia, 1941-
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.

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Description
xxii, 162 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Series Statement
European perspectives
Uniform Title
  • Visions capitales. English
  • European perspectives.
Alternative Title
Visions capitales.
Subject
  • Head in art
  • Beheading in art
  • Art, European > Themes, motives
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Contents
On drawing; or, the speed of thought -- The skull: cult and art -- Who is Medusa? -- The true image: a holy face -- A digression: economy, figure, face -- The ideal figure; or, a prophesy in actuality: Saint John the Baptist -- Beheadings -- From the guillotine to the abolition of capital punishment -- Powers of horror -- The face and the experience of limits.
Call Number
JQD 12-197
ISBN
  • 9780231157209 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0231157207 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011020717
OCLC
725828781
Author
Kristeva, Julia, 1941-
Title
The severed head : capital visions / Julia Kristeva ; translated by Jody Gladding.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2012.
Series
European perspectives
European perspectives.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language
Translated from the French.
Research Call Number
JQD 12-197
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