Exposed

Resumen del libro

'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin FrancisVout tackles a huge range of ideas and subjects with irrepressible energy ... full of arresting, sometimes startling ideas and facts that topple the Greeks and Romans from their lofty, pristine, snow-white pedestals' Guardian'A triumph ... an extraordinary book that stopped me in my tracks' Peter FrankopanThe Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to sit upon a pedestal.

But this, of course, is a lie. Here, classicist Caroline Vout reaches beyond texts and galleries to expose Greek and Roman bodies for what they truly were: anxious, ailing, imperfect, diverse, and responsible for a legacy as lasting as their statues. Taking us on a gruesome, thrilling journey, she taps into the questions that those in the Greek and Roman worlds asked about their bodies - where do we come from? What makes us different from gods and animals? What happens to our bodies, and the forces that govern them, when we die? Vout also reveals the surprising actions people often took to transform their bodies - from sophisticated surgery and contraception to body oils, cosmetics and early gym memberships.

You've seen the paintings, read the philosophers and heard the myths - now here's the classical body in all its flesh and blood glory.

Biografía del autor

Caroline (Carrie) Vout es profesora de Estudios Clásicos de la Universidad de Cambridge, y directora del Museo de Arqueología Clásica de la misma ciudad. Ha comisariado exposiciones en el Museo Fitzwilliam y en el Instituto Henry Moore de Leeds. Ha aparecido en revistas como Womanx{0026} x02019;s Hour y In Our Time , y colaborado con sus artículos con otras como Apollo , Minerva, History Today y los suplementos literarios del Times y el Observer. En 2012 y 2013 presidió el jurado del John D. Criticos Prize, y entre 2019 y 2024 preside la cátedra Byvanck en la universidad de Leiden (Países Bajos). Ha dado conferencias en todo el mundo, y es invitada habitual a impartir charlas en colegios.