The Roman Nude
Heroic Portrait Statuary 200 BC - AD 300
(Author) Christopher H. Hallett
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Hardcover
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Nude statues of Roman emperors, generals, businessmen, and their wives survive from the ancient world in large numbers. This book explores the reasons why so many Romans chose to have themselves represented naked, and what this choice may tell us about Roman attitudes towards the self, the body, and personal identity
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Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780199240494
Publish year:
2005
Publish date:
Sept. 29, 2005
Christopher H. Hallett
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