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Body Styles - Ted Polhemus (1988)
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"Our most important relationship is between ourselves and the creature which confronts us in the mirror. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, it is a product not of nature, but of nurture. Every society past and present has created its own ideal body as a symbol of itself - an icon of how life ought to be lived. As such, the ideal body is often far removed from the physical realities of the flesh and is for this reason that artists have created artificial bodies which in their perfection of beauty, to mock us mere mortals..."
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Format: Hardback
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20 x 27 cm
Pages: 143
Condition: Great
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Contextual Studies
Culture & Traditions
Fashion & Style
Lifestyle
Streetstyle Photography
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About
"Our most important relationship is between ourselves and the creature which confronts us in the mirror. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, it is a product not of nature, but of nurture. Every society past and present has created its own ideal body as a symbol of itself - an icon of how life ought to be lived. As such, the ideal body is often far removed from the physical realities of the flesh and is for this reason that artists have created artificial bodies which in their perfection of beauty, to mock us mere mortals..."
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Format: Hardback
Size:
20 x 27 cm
Pages: 143
Condition: Great
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Contextual Studies
Culture & Traditions
Fashion & Style
Lifestyle
Streetstyle Photography
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