Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye Of Faith (Civilisations)

Beard, Mary.

Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye Of Faith (Civilisations) [hardback] - London, UK Profile Books 2018. - 288 p. Fully illustrated throughout 22 cm.

Focusing on the arrival of the human figure as a subject of art, Mary Beard examines the history of beauty in civilisation. Beginning with the Jericho painted skulls from 10,000 years ago, and the extraordinary figures of Ain Ghazal. It examines in depth the creativity that gave identity to ancient Egypt, ancient Greece and ancient China.

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