Sex on Show - Seeing the Erotic in Greece and Rome (Hardcover)

Caroline Vout examines the abundance of sexual imagery in Greek and Roman culture. Were these images intended to be shocking, humorous, or exciting? Are they about sex or love? How are we to know whether our responses to them are akin to those of the ancients? The answers to these questions provide fascinating insights into ancient attitudes toward religion, politics, sex, gender, and the body. They also reveal how the ancients saw themselves and their world, and how subsequent centuries have seen them. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this lively and thought-provoking book not only addresses theories of sexual practice and social history, it is also a visual history of what it meant and still means to stare sex in the face.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	November 2013
Authors:	Caroline Vout
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28020-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Erotic art
LSN:	0-520-28020-2
Barcode:	9780520280205

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