Postures: Body Language in Art
Body Language in Art
$45.24
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2019
Summary
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain culture or a fashion in artistic styles. Exploring these with masterful subtlety, celebrated artist and anthropologist Desmond Morris uncovers fascinating insights about changing social attitudes and conventions through history and around the world, finding surprising similarities as well as now rar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780500022610 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0500022615 |
| Author: | Desmond Morris |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Imprint: | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.13kg |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 179mm x 248mm |
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Critics Review
“Accessible and enjoyable… Most effective when it uses art to draw attention to power dynamics and how behaviors can give insight into social structures.”
‘Morris’s text sparkles with wit and the reader is instantly carried away by his enthusiasm for presenting art in a completely new way’ - Irish Times
Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris is a zoologist, ethnologist and painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. He is the bestselling author of The Naked Ape (1967), The Human Zoo (1969), Manwatching (1977), Body Talk: A World Guide to Gestures (1994), The Artistic Ape: Three Million Years of Art (2013) and The Lives of the Surrealists (2018), as well as many other titles.
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