Overview

This sensitive and well-researched study provides a refreshing and original view of a highly contentious subject. Exploring the 18th Century debates upon race and aesthetics, Bindman delves into philosophy, art history and science. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking the origins of today's controversies over race and ideas of beauty.

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Author:   David Bindman
Publisher:   Reaktion Books
Imprint:   Reaktion Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.90cm
Weight:   0.643kg
ISBN:  

9781861891402

ISBN 10:   1861891407
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   02 September 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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a valuable survey of a complex and extremely sensitive subject Times Literary Supplement This is by no means just a contribution to the history of art, but deserves to reach a much wider readership Apollo

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David Bindman is Professor of History of Art at University College London. He is the author of books on 18th-century sculpture, the French Revolution, Hogarth and William Blake.

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