How Do We Look: The Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization

From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity.

Conceived as an accompaniment to “How Do We Look” and “The Eye of Faith,” the famedCivilisationsshows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the colossal statues of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, and the nudes of clas...