Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Mary Beard
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Mary Beard
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Companion to the BBC series CIVILISATIONS
[Mary Beard is] the best in the business
Excellent ... an invigorating guide
Beautifully produced and elegantly written ... utterly compelling
Enthralling
[Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote
The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured
The reigning Queen of Classics
Slim yet insightful. . . . Beard expands her view beyond western Europe to offer an admirable survey of cultures from Egypt to China, Judaism to Christianity, centuries past to the modern era, all while emphasizing the significance of the viewer over the artist. . . . As Beard emphasizes the power of the context in which we look at and interpret art, she ultimately suggests that civilization itself is a leap of faith. Beard is having fun in this joyfully accessible primer, backed with a robust appendix, for all interested in a new perspective on religion, art, and history.
Praise for Mary Beard: What she says is always powerful and interesting
An irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention
If they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire
[She] implicitly invites us to think about our own world, and about our answers to the question of what makes us human
Praise for SPQR: Fast-moving, exciting, psychologically acute, warmly sceptical
Vastly engaging ... a tremendously enjoyable and scholarly read
Sustaining the energy that such a topic demands for more than 600 pages, while providing a coherent answer to the question of why Rome expanded so spectacularly, is hugely ambitious. Beard succeeds triumphantly ... full of insights and delights ... SPQR is consistently enlivened by Beard's eye for detail and her excellent sense of humour
Masterful ... This is exemplary popular history, engaging but never dumbed down, providing both the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life
Ground-breaking ... invigorating ... revolutionary ... a whole new approach to ancient history
Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.
[Mary Beard is] the best in the business
Excellent ... an invigorating guide
Beautifully produced and elegantly written ... utterly compelling
Enthralling
[Beard] has always had the sharpest eyes for telling detail and colourful anecdote
The rock star scholar of Ancient Rome
With such a champion as Beard to debunk and popularise, the future of the study of classics is assured
The reigning Queen of Classics
Slim yet insightful. . . . Beard expands her view beyond western Europe to offer an admirable survey of cultures from Egypt to China, Judaism to Christianity, centuries past to the modern era, all while emphasizing the significance of the viewer over the artist. . . . As Beard emphasizes the power of the context in which we look at and interpret art, she ultimately suggests that civilization itself is a leap of faith. Beard is having fun in this joyfully accessible primer, backed with a robust appendix, for all interested in a new perspective on religion, art, and history.
Praise for Mary Beard: What she says is always powerful and interesting
An irrepressible enthusiast with a refreshing disregard for convention
If they'd had Mary Beard on their side back then, the Romans would still have their empire
[She] implicitly invites us to think about our own world, and about our answers to the question of what makes us human
Praise for SPQR: Fast-moving, exciting, psychologically acute, warmly sceptical
Vastly engaging ... a tremendously enjoyable and scholarly read
Sustaining the energy that such a topic demands for more than 600 pages, while providing a coherent answer to the question of why Rome expanded so spectacularly, is hugely ambitious. Beard succeeds triumphantly ... full of insights and delights ... SPQR is consistently enlivened by Beard's eye for detail and her excellent sense of humour
Masterful ... This is exemplary popular history, engaging but never dumbed down, providing both the grand sweep and the intimate details that bring the distant past vividly to life
Ground-breaking ... invigorating ... revolutionary ... a whole new approach to ancient history
Mary Beard is Professor Emerita of Classics at Cambridge, and the classics editor of the TLS. She has worldwide academic acclaim. Her previous books include the bestselling, Wolfson Prize-winning Pompeii, Confronting the Classics, SPQR, Women & Power and most recently, Emperor of Rome. She has made numerous television series and her books have been published in over thirty languages.