Nationalism and Classicism The Classical Body As National Symbol in Nineteenth-Century England and France |
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| Author:
| Leoussi, Athena S. |
| Contribution by:
| University of Reading Staff, |
| Series title: | University of Reading European and International Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-333-69149-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1998 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $232.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a comparative study of the national significance of the classical revival which marked English and French art during the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that the main focus of artists' interest in classical Greece, was the body of the Greek athlete. It explains this interest, first, by artists' contact with the art of Pheidias and Polycletus which portrayed it; and second, by the claim, made by physical anthropologists, that the classical body typified the race...
More DescriptionThis is a comparative study of the national significance of the classical revival which marked English and French art during the second half of the nineteenth century. It argues that the main focus of artists' interest in classical Greece, was the body of the Greek athlete. It explains this interest, first, by artists' contact with the art of Pheidias and Polycletus which portrayed it; and second, by the claim, made by physical anthropologists, that the classical body typified the race of the European nations.