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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2019 |
Registration ID | ARCHB303001 |
Course Title | Classical Bodies |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Donohue,Alice A. |
Times and Days | T 02:10pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | OL102 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1123 An examination of the conceptions of the human body evidenced in Greek and Roman art and literature, with emphasis on issues that have persisted in the Western tradition. Topics include the fashioning of concepts of male and female standards of beauty and their implications; conventions of visual representation; the nude; clothing and its symbolism; the athletic ideal; physiognomy; medical theory and practice; the visible expression of character and emotions; and the formulation of the “classical ideal” in antiquity and later times. Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) |
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