Ancient Sculpture and Twentieth-Century American Womanhood: Venus Envy - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hallie FranksSeries:Imagines - Classical Receptions in the Visual and PerformingPublish date:2025-01-09Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350469860ISBN-10:1350469866UPC:9781350469860Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Ancient, Women, HistoryBook Topic:Rome, Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SC1XTFSJ3T
Ancient Sculpture and Twentieth-Century American Womanhood: Venus Envy
This book examines the reception of Graeco-Roman sculptures of Venus and their role in the construction of the body aesthetics of the "fit" American woman in the decades around the turn of the 20th century.In this historical moment, 19th-century anthropometric methods, the anti-corset dress reform movement and early fitness culture were united in their goal of identifying and producing healthy,...
Series: Imagines - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350469860ISBN-10:1350469866UPC:9781350469860Book Category:History, ArtBook Subcategory:Ancient, Women, HistoryBook Topic:Rome, Ancient & ClassicalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SC1XTFSJ3T
Hallie Franks is Associate Professor of Ancient Studies at New York University, USA. She is author of The World Underfoot: Mosaics and Movement in the Greek Symposium (2018) and Hunters, Heroes, Kings (2012).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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