Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith: As seen on TV by Mary Beard (PDF)

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Companion to the BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon SchamaThe idea of ‘civilisation’ has always been debated, even fought over. At the heart of those debates lies the big question of how people – from prehistory to the present day – have depicted themselves and others, both human and divine. Distinguished historian Mary Beard explores how art has shaped, and been shaped by, the people who created it. How have we looked at these images? Why have they sometimes been so contentious? In Part One, she examines how the human figure was portrayed in some of the earliest art in the world – from the gigantic stone heads carved by the Olmec of Central America to the statues and pottery of the ancient Greeks to the terracotta army of the first emperor of China. And she explains how one particular version of representing the human body, which goes back to the ancient world, still influences (and sometimes distorts) how people in the West see their own culture and that of others. Throughout this story, she is concerned not only with the artists who made images, but with those who have used them, viewed them and interpreted them. In other words: How Do We Look? In Part Two, Mary Beard turns to the relationship between art and religion. For centuries, religion has inspired art: from the Hindu temple at Angkor Wat to the Christian mosaics of Ravenna to the exquisite calligraphy of Islamic mosques. But making the divine visible in the human world has never been simple. All religions have wrestled with idolatry and iconoclasm, destroying art as well as creating it – and asking how to look with The Eye of Faith.

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Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐It is a very interesting book that I recommend to all those interested in religion and symbols.

⭐Certainly a well produced book ; nice to handle. Sketches over key art points and does not give any substantive arguments to justify the “Civilisation “ title. Beard always looking for an opportunity to shock but struggles outside her knowledge base of the classics.

⭐Such an easy book to read. You can enter these books as a non-specialist and feel yourself drowning and rereading to understand the text. There is so much to learn in this book and the photographs add to the experience.

⭐Mary Beard is just fantastic in te way she can talk about history and culture in simple terms, making it interesting and engaging.I liked this book – while it doesnt go into much depth, it gives a lot of ideas and a good overview of the topic.

⭐Easy to read and intelligible in its expression of a complex phase of human development.

⭐I love Mary Beard’s books and this new one is no exception. Written as a companion to the BBC Civilisation episodes she presented, it’s a wonderful book!

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