Visualizing the invisible with the human body: Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world 9783110642698, 9783110618266

Visualizing the invisible with the human body: Physiognomy and ekphrasis in the ancient world 9783110642698, 9783110618266

Open Access Physiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent th

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Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body 9004429557, 9789004429550

In Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body, Xing Wang provides an extensive reading of the Ming (1368-1644 C. E.

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The Clothed Body in the Ancient World 1842171658, 9781842171653

Studies of the nude body have been around for many years, but rarely has scholarship looked at the clothed body. Yet the

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The Emblematics of the Self: Ekphrasis and Identity in Renaissance Imitations of Ancient Greek Romance 9781442696143

The Emblematics of the Self breaks new ground in understanding hegemonic and cosmopolitan European conceptions of the ‘o

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The Human Body

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Not Sparing the Child: Human Sacrifice in the Ancient World and Beyond 9780567659170, 9780567654854, 9780567352637

The role of human sacrifice in the ancient Mediterranean world and its implications continue to be topics that fire the

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Food, Science, and the Human Body

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Cooperation and Hierarchy in Ancient Bolivia: Building Community with the Body 9781032004709, 9781032008295, 9781003175971

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Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones: From the Ancient World to the Era of Human Rights 9780812204346

Drawing on examples from the ancient world to the two world wars, from the conquest of the Americas to Muslim Central As

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The Invisible History of the Human Race 9780698176294, 2014021679

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