Beauty and the Male Body in Byzanti - E-book

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Beauty And The Male Body In Byzantium - ENG

Perceptions And Representations In Art And Text

M. Hatzaki

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ISBN:	9780230245303
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Historia
Subtema:	Europa general
Año de publicación:	2009-10-29

A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.

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