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Beauty in history : society, politics, and personal appearance / Arthur Marwick.

The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton / Elena Levy-Navarro.

Ape to Apollo : aesthetics and the idea of race in the 18th century / David Bindman.

Incorporations / edited by Jonathan Crary and Sanford Kwinter.

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Beauty in history : society, politics, and personal appearance / Arthur Marwick.

The culture of obesity in early and late modernity : body image in Shakespeare, Jonson, Middleton, and Skelton / Elena Levy-Navarro.

Ape to Apollo : aesthetics and the idea of race in the 18th century / David Bindman.

Incorporations / edited by Jonathan Crary and Sanford Kwinter.