| Title | : | The Modern Shaman: Cv/Visual Arts Research, Book 173 (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | Edward Lucie-Smith |
| Release | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Nonfiction |
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| 1 | The Modern Shaman: Cv/Visual Arts Resear | Edward Lucie-Smith |
| There is an increasing tendency to set up body artists and performance artists - the two categories are often interchangeable - as the real heroes and heroines of the contemporary avant-garde. In fact, we need to look much further back for its beginnings. The first body art performer, as well as the first professional bodybuilder, was the showman, Eugene Sandow (1867-1925). Though Sandow’s heyday occurred before the birth of the Modern Movement, there are compelling reasons for giving the primacy to him. |
