Roman Sex: 100 Bc-Ad 250 - Rilegato

Clarke, John R.; Larvey, Michael

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0810942631 ISBN 13: 9780810942639

Casa editrice: Harry N Abrams Inc, 2003

Riassunto

Roman Sex provides a fresh and provocative account of ancient Roman sexual practices. It explains, for the first time, a wealth of newly discovered sexual art, as well as the many paintings, sculptures, and vases hidden away until recently in the world's "secret museums." Many of the works shown here have been photographed in color especially for this lavishly illustrated book and a number have never before been published.
Roman sex was sex before Christianity and Puritan guilt. Romans, both rich and poor, proudly displayed images in their homes that we would hide away. Clarke takes the reader into a society markedly different from ours in its attitudes toward sex. With all its quirks, it was a sexually tolerant society that encouraged the creation and open display of erotic art. Roman Sex will appeal to any reader who wants to understand this culture, which was in other ways so much the forerunner of our own.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John R. Clarke is Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor of the History of Art at the University of Texas at Austin.

Product Description:

Book by John Clarke

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harry N Abrams Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0810942631
• ISBN 13: 9780810942639
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 168