ISBN: 978-1788162906 Profile Books (2022) - £25.00
When we think of Greek and Roman sculpture, we tend to think of Polykleitos' “Spear Bearer” or the “Augustus Prima Porta”, their well-muscled bodies and serene expressions encapsulating our impressions of antiquity. As Vout writes, “The Greek and Roman body is a flawless body, lean, lovely, on a pedestal”, yet “It is also a beautiful lie” (p. 4). This is the core aim of Vout's work:
