The Greek Body

by Victoria Turner and Ian Jenkins

Book Overview

More than any other ancient civilization, the Greeks placed the human body at the center of their culture. To them, the sculpted human figure was both an object of sensory delight and an expression of an intelligent mind. In the modern popular imagination, mention of the ancient Greeks is likely to conjure up an image of idealized and naked youth, and it is true that the ideal nude, both male and female, is a striking feature of Greek sculpture. However,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606060023
• ISBN13: 9781606060025
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.3" x 10.4"