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" Bodyscape : "
Nicholas Mirzoeff.
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BL
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Record Number
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952262
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b706632
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Main Entry
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Mirzoeff, Nicholas,1962-
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Title & Author
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Bodyscape : : art, modernity, and the ideal figure /\ Nicholas Mirzoeff.
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Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1995.
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Series Statement
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Visual cultures
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Page. NO
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ix, 214 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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ISBN
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0415098009
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: 0415098017
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: 9780415098007
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: 9780415098014
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
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Contents
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1. Bodyscapes. Body fragments versus universal forms. Blindness and insight. The canon of blindness -- 2. The Body Politic. The king's two bodies. The stone king: representing Louis XIV. Engendering the Classical. The king also dies. Republican body politics. Defying the body politic. After the body politic? In memoriam -- 3. Like a Virgin? Post-Revolutionary depression. Restoring art. From the Madonna to the harem. But is it Art? Coda: Madonnas on screen -- 4. Photography at the Heart of Darkness. Envisaging the Congo. Anthropology, eugenics and photography. The politics of cultural difference -- 5. Painting at the Heart of Whiteness. Graffiti, hip-hop and the art world. Race and modern art. Diaspora, wandering and representation -- Epilogue: From Terminator to Witness.
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Abstract
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This book seeks to put the bodies back into modern art. In a series of thematic historical studies, Mirzoeff argues that the perfect body of modern art theory can only exist in visual form. Studies include the work of Picasso, Manet and Madonna.
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Subject
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Art, Modern-- 20th century.
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Popular culture.
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Postmodernism.
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Art-- history.
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Beauty-- history.
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Human Body.
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Art, Modern-- 20th century.
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Art, Modern.
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Arte-- Temi [:] Corpo umano-- Sec. 15.-20.
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Ästhetisches Ideal
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Körper
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Kunst
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Kunst.
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Kunstteori.
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Leonardo : da Vinci. Uomo Vitruviano disegno ; Gallerie dell'Accademia ; Venezia
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Menneskekroppen.
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Menneskekroppen.
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Mennesket i kunsten.
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Modernitet.
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Motiver (Bildekunst)
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Popular culture.
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Postmodernism.
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Beeldende kunsten.
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Iconografie.
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Menselijk lichaam.
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Dewey Classification
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704.9/42
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LC Classification
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N6494.P66M57 1995
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NLM classification
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20.21bcl
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LH 84123rvk
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LH 84140rvk
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Ra 16ubtkl/2
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Rb 6eubtkl/2
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