Pictures of the body : pain and metamorphosis /

Elkins, James, 1955-

Pictures of the body : pain and metamorphosis / James Elkins. - Stanford : Stanford University, 1999. - xviii,347 p. : ill. ; 28cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-337) and index.

Moving from ancient Middle Eastern representations to Balthus, from Syriac prayer books to John Carpenter's film The Thing, this book explores the ways the body has been represented through time.

9780804730242 9780804730242 £14.95

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Human figure in art.
Metamorphosis in art.
Art--Philosophy
Body, Human (Philosophy)
Body, Human in art.
Philosophy.
Fine arts: treatments & subjects
Anthropology