CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Aphrodite, Glyptothek, John Berger
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Co(cid:374)ti(cid:374)uatio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) last (cid:272)lass tomb stone in sardis (asia minor), mid 2nd cent. Bc: various symbols, lily, wretch, book roll, alpha (a letter, the demos honoured menophilia, daughter of hermagenes, marked by her father, the graceful stone shows a subtle person. Fe(cid:373)ale ge(cid:374)italia (cid:374)ot e(cid:454)posed: but it"s a tease. E(cid:448)okes (cid:272)ertai(cid:374) fa(cid:374)tasies: false modesty, relationship between statue and male gaze, next to her a vessel, maybe came out of a bath fertility, representation of female genitalia you will notice they are not very life like. If (cid:455)ou do (cid:455)ou"re pu(cid:374)ished: an act of transgression, nakedness vs nudity, (cid:862)to (cid:271)e (cid:374)aked is to (cid:271)e o(cid:374)eself. To (cid:271)e (cid:374)ude is to (cid:271)e see(cid:374) (cid:374)aked (cid:271)(cid:455) others a(cid:374)d (cid:455)et not recognized for oneself. A naked body has to be seen as an object in order to become a nude. Nudity is placed on displaythe nude is (cid:272)o(cid:374)de(cid:373)(cid:374)ed to (cid:374)e(cid:448)er (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:374)aked.
