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" Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : "
Myrto Hatzaki.
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BL
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1033950
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b788320
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| Main Entry
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Hatzaki, Myrto,1977-
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| Title & Author
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Beauty and the male body in Byzantium : : perceptions and representations in art and text /\ Myrto Hatzaki.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Palgrave Macmillan,, ©2009.
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x, 196 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0230007155
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: 9780230007154
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction--The Byzantine Ideal of Beauty: Definition and Perception -- 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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Aesthetics, Byzantine.
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Masculine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Aesthetics, Byzantine.
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Masculine beauty (Aesthetics)
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Beeldcultuur.
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Byzantijnse kunst.
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Mannelijk lichaam.
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Representatie (algemeen)
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Schoonheidsideaal.
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Byzantijnse rijk.
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| Dewey Classification
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704.9/42309495
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| LC Classification
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BH137.H38 2009
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20.65bcl
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