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OverviewStatues of important Romans frequently represented them nude. Men were portrayed naked holding weapons. The naked emperor might wield the thunderbolt of Jupiter, while Roman women assumed the guide of the nude love-goddess, Venus. When faced with these strange images, modern viewers are usually unsympathetic, finding them incongruous, even tasteless. They are mostly written off as just another example of Roman `bad taste'. This book offers a new approach. Comprehensively illustrated with black and white photographs of its subjects, it investigates how this tradition arose, and how the nudity of these portraits was meant to be understood by contemporary viewers. And, since the Romans also employed a range of costumes for their statues (toga, armour, Greek philosopher's cloak), it asks, `What could the nude images express that other costumes could not?' It is Christopher Hallett's claim that - looked at in this way - these `Roman nudes' turn out to be documents of the first importance for the cultural historian. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher H. Hallett (Associate Professor of History of Art and Classics, University of California at Berkeley)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 18.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.844kg ISBN: 9780199599707ISBN 10: 019959970 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 20 January 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: The Greek background 2: The nude portrait in Greek art 3: Attitudes towards nudity at Rome 4: The Roman adoption of the nude portrait 5: The nude portrait under the Empire 6: The nudity of the gods 7: Understanding the Roman nudeReviewsAuthor InformationChristopher H. Hallett is Professor of History of Art and Classics, University of California at Berkeley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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