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History of Figuration in Western Art by pi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document outlines a proposed project to write a history of representations of the body in Europe from the fall of Rome to the present. It discusses key points of rupture, such as the suppression of paganism and establishment of Christianity. One focus is how pagan figurative systems and images of the body were disavowed and replaced by the "anthropological subject" of Christianity. It also examines the transition from pagan to Christian thought through figures like Saint Augustine and how this impacted
- Author
- pi
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- EN