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Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium: Perceptions and Representations in Art and Text de M. Hatzaki

Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium: Perceptions and Representations in Art and Text

Autor M. Hatzaki
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 oct 2009
A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230007154
ISBN-10: 0230007155
Pagini: 196
Ilustrații: X, 254 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:2009
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Illustration Sources Introduction The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definitions and Perceptions Only Skin Deep: Beauty and Ugliness between Good and Evil Beauty and Power and Beauty as Power The Beauty of Broken Bodies: Pain, Eloquence and Emotion Angels and Eunuchs; the Beauty of Liminal Masculinity The Fragile Beauty of Soldiers Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index

Recenzii

'Its lucid and assertive prose and its stylish presentation are unusually attractive for a first solely-authored academic book. Further, the claims of originality Myrto Hatzaki makes are absolutely justified as there is no other comprehensive study that deals explicitly with the topic of beauty in Byzantium published in any major European language[ ]Originality of thought and expression are not Hatzaki's only virtues. Her ability to carve a securely-defined area of expertise in such a highly populated field as medieval art history is also remarkable[ ]Furthermore, the meticulousness and intensity of this book will make it a must amongst Byzantinists and Hellenists, whether art historians or not. Its extensive illustrations render it a useful reference source for Byzantine imagery. Palgrave Macmillan, too, must be commended for the high production values displayed here. Further, the book's inventive art historical language can serve as a model for new researchers and its engagement with historiography and literature offers fresh perspectives to those who study or teach those disciplines.' - Eugenia Russell, Reviews in History

Notă biografică

MYRTO HATZAKI was born in Athens in 1977. She studied History of Art at Warwick University, UK and at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London where she obtained her MA and then her PhD in 2004. She is currently working as a curator at the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum and the A.G. Leventis Foundation.