Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
$39.71
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
23 September 2024
Summary
Civilisations: A Journey Through Art and Belief
‘The reigning Queen of Classics’ Spectator, Mary Beard, explores the question: what are civilisations?
Central to this exploration are the ways in which we have depicted the human and the divine from prehistory to the present day. Across iconic creations like Angkor Wat, the Ravenna mosaics, and China’s terracotta army, one ancient representation of the human body still influences how people in the West see their own culture an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805222460 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805222465 |
| Series: | Civilisations |
| Author: | Mary Beard |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 23 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 128mm x 196mm x 14mm |
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’[Mary Beard is] the best in the business’ - Dan Snow‘Excellent … an invigorating guide’ - Kathryn Hughes‘Beautifully produced and elegantly written … utterly compelling’ - Linda Hogan‘Enthralling’ - John Carey’[Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote’ - Sunday Times
About The Author
Mary Beard
Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.
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