Body images

Author

Jordanova, Ludmilla

Document type

Compte rendu de livres

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1992, Num. 4, Vol. 15, p. 537-541

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

The reviewer finds The fabric of the human body a useful compendium and a valuable source book despite its conceptual simplicity. She focuses on Stafford's book, drawing attention to a wide variety of methodological shortcomings, and concluding that the cause of art history is not well served by it, despite its central message that visual images and their interpreters lack status because Western philosophical traditions distrust images and prefer words.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration
• Illustration
• Anatomy
• Human figure
• 1500-1900
• Enlightenment
• Medicine
• Art
• Representation
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration
• Illustration
• Anatomie
• Corps humain
• 1500-1900
• Siècle des lumières
• Médecine
• Art
• Représentation
• Iconographie

Review of

19930401-00367533, 19930401-00367534

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367535

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