Extreme bodies : the use and abuse of the body in art /

• Main Author: Miglietti, Francesca Alfano (συγγραφέας)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Milan : London : Skira ; Thames & Hudson, 2003.
• Subjects: Άνθρωπος στην τέχνη; Τέχνη, Μοντέρνα; Ανθρώπινη μορφή στην τέχνη; Σώμα, Ανθρώπινο στην τέχνη.

This is an original, theoretical reflection on the use of the body in art. The text analyses the ways in which the body has always been manipulated: from its relationship with cultural, religious and political institutions to self-mutation