Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
1. Bodyscapes. Body fragments versus universal forms. Blindness and insight. The canon of blindness -- 2. The Body Politic. The king's two bodies. The stone king: representing Louis XIV. Engendering the Classical. The king also dies. Republican body politics. Defying the body politic. After the body politic? In memoriam -- 3. Like a Virgin? Post-Revolutionary depression. Restoring art. From the Madonna to the harem. But is it Art? Coda: Madonnas on screen -- 4. Photography at the Heart of Darkness. Envisaging the Congo. Anthropology, eugenics and photography. The politics of cultural difference -- 5. Painting at the Heart of Whiteness. Graffiti, hip-hop and the art world. Race and modern art. Diaspora, wandering and representation -- Epilogue: From Terminator to Witness.
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This book seeks to put the bodies back into modern art. In a series of thematic historical studies, Mirzoeff argues that the perfect body of modern art theory can only exist in visual form. Studies include the work of Picasso, Manet and Madonna.
Art, Modern-- 20th century.
Popular culture.
Postmodernism.
Art-- history.
Beauty-- history.
Human Body.
Art, Modern-- 20th century.
Art, Modern.
Arte-- Temi [:] Corpo umano-- Sec. 15.-20.
Ästhetisches Ideal
Beeldende kunsten.
Iconografie.
Körper
Kunst
Kunst.
Kunstteori.
Leonardo : da Vinci. Uomo Vitruviano disegno ; Gallerie dell'Accademia ; Venezia