Postures

Body Language in Art

Desmond Morris

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English

Thames & Hudson
03 October 2019

Art & Architecture; Human figures depicted in art

Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain culture or a fashion in artistic styles. Exploring these with masterful subtlety, celebrated artist and anthropologist Desmond Morris uncovers fascinating insights about changing social attitudes and conventions through history and around the world, finding surprising similarities as well as now rarely used gestures.

Morris selects a number of key gestures, such as the handshake, the pointed foot, or the glove-slap, and groups them by the message they are intended to convey, such as Greetings, Status and Threats. He discusses the previously unconsidered symbolism behind these. What is understood as a gang sign today may have borne a more enigmatic meaning for Botticelli. And what did Napoleon's hidden hand really mean? Postures: Body Language in Art uniquely combines the author's expertise in both art and social science, so that even the most familiar paintings are suddenly seen in a new light.

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By: Desmond Morris
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm,
Weight: 1.060kg
ISBN: 9780500022610
ISBN 10: 0500022615
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Desmond Morris is a zoologist, ethnologist, and painter. He is the bestselling author of The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal, The Human Zoo: A Zoologist's Classic Study of the Urban Animal, Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior, Bodytalk: A World Guide to Gestures, The Artistic Ape: Three Million Years of Art, and The Lives of the Surrealists.

Reviews for Postures: Body Language in Art

Accessible and enjoyable... Most effective when it uses art to draw attention to power dynamics and how behaviors can give insight into social structures.