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Ape to Apollo: Aesthetics and the Idea of Race in the 18th Century
Ape to Apollo Aesthetics and the Idea of Race in the 18th Century
Author: David Bindman
Race' was essentially a construction of the 18th century, a means by which the Enlightenment could impose rational order on human variety. In this book, the art historian David Bindman argues that ideas of beauty were from the beginning inseparable from race, as Europeans judged the civility and aesthetic capacity of other races by their appeara...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781861891402
ISBN-10: 1861891407
Publication Date: 9/1/2002
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Reaktion Books
Book Type: Paperback
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