Beauty and the Male Body in Byzantium: Perceptions and Representations in Art and Text

Hatzaki, M.

A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-10-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230007154

DOI: 10.1057/9780230245303

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 254