Art and the committed eye : the cultural functions of imagery /

Leppert, Richard D.,

Art and the committed eye : the cultural functions of imagery / Richard Leppert. - xvii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Cultural studies . - Cultural studies. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-333).

List of Illustrations -- List of Color Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Representation and the Politics of Deception -- Still(ed) Life, Beauty, and Regimes of Power -- Death as Object -- Death and the Pleasures of Meat -- Sensing -- Body Examination: Scalpel and Brush -- Portrait: Dramatizing the Body -- Others' Bodies: Class and Race -- The Female Nude: Surfaces of Desire -- The Male Nude: Identity and Denial -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Book and Author -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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Art and society--Europe
Artists--Psychology--Europe
Art and society--United States
Artists--Psychology--United States

N72.S6 / L46 1996

701.03