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Looking at Lovemaking - Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B.C. - A.D. 250 (Paperback, New Ed) Loot Price: R1,428
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Looking at Lovemaking - Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B.C. - A.D. 250 (Paperback, New Ed): John R Clarke

Looking at Lovemaking - Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B.C. - A.D. 250 (Paperback, New Ed)

John R Clarke

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Please don't buy this book if you are offended by pictures and frank discussion of sexual intercourse. Perhaps for us the most startling aspect of Roman life is the frequent depictions of sex which assailed citizens in many public and private situations. They show couples and groups in various combinations and positions, sometimes passionate, sometimes oddly detached, sometimes deeply tender; the illustrations come from the public baths, domestic utensils, villa wall frescoes and sculptures. The author, an art historian, concludes that Roman ideas of sexuality, untrammelled by later notions of shame and guilt, were more complex than classical literature suggests, and that they were vastly different from our own. As far as is possible, he places this erotic art in its original context, allowing new insights even to the familiar. Though not for prudes, this is a fine, scholarly work on a long-neglected subject. (Kirkus UK)
"Clarke teaches us to think about how this art was understood and felt by those who lived with it in their daily lives and he speculates that it might even reflect what the Romans actually did. This is the first genuinely contextual and theoretically informed study we have of a vast panoply of classical art about sex. It will be an illuminating book for classicists, historians, and anybody else who finds lovemaking interesting."--Thomas Laqueur, author of "Making Sex

"There are few scholars as able to take on this material, as well versed in theories of sexuality, and as comfortable dealing with both heterosexual and homoerotic content as Clarke. The topic is timely and the execution is professional."--Natalie Kampen, Barnard College

"This book should attract not only classicists, but also scholars of sexuality in any field. Clarke succeeds both in introducing little-known material and in defamiliarizing the familiar examples of erotic art."--Anthony Corbeill, University of Kansas

""Looking at Lovemaking proves that the ancients were very different from you and me--that they saw sex not primarily as procreation and never as sin but rather as sport, art, and pleasure, an activity full of humor, tenderness and above all variety. John R. Clarke, by looking at Roman artifacts from several centuries destined to be used by different social classes, reveals that the erotic "visual record is far more varied, open-minded and playful than are "written moral strictures, which were narrowly formulated by the elite and for the elite. This book is at once discreet and bold--discreetly respectful of nuance and context, boldly clear in drawing the widest possible conclusions about themalleability of human behavior. Clarke has, with meticulous scholarship and a fresh approach, vindicated Foucault's revolutionary claims for the social construction of sexuality."--Edmund White, author of "The Beautiful Room is Empty

General

Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2001
First published: April 2001
Authors: John R Clarke
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 406
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22904-4
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > Erotic art
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-520-22904-5
Barcode: 9780520229044

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