Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

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Caroline Vout

Exposed

The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

Caroline Vout

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Wellcome Collection
06 June 2024

History of art: ancient & classical art; Classical history & classical civilisation; Society & Social Sciences

WINNER OF THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC RUNICMAN AWARD

A SUNDAY TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin Francis

'A triumph ... an extraordinary book that stopped me in my tracks' Peter Frankopan

The 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?

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.

By: Caroline Vout
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 144mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 682g
ISBN: 9781788162913
ISBN 10: 1788162919
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Caroline (Carrie) Vout is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge. She is also Director of Cambridge's Museum of Classical Archaeology and has curated exhibitions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, and at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. Carrie has appeared on Woman's Hour and In Our Time, and has written for Apollo, Minerva, the Times Literary Supplement and the Observer. In 2012 and 2013, she chaired the judging panel of the John D. Criticos Prize, and from 2019 to 2024 holds the Byvanck Chair at Leiden University.

Reviews for Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award

Vout 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' - THE GUARDIAN