| Description |
168 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Every Home Must Have One -- Woman on Top: Women's Liberation in the First Century A.D. -- Sex in Whorehouses, Sex on Stage -- Gay Sex in Bi and Straight Company -- The Opposite of Sex: How to Keep Away the Evil Eye -- Laughing at Taboo Sex in the Suburban Baths -- New Sexual Imagery from Roman France -- Conclusion: Sex Before Puritan Guilt |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 164) and index |
| Subject |
Erotic art -- Rome.
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Sex customs in art -- Rome.
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Sex customs in art.
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Sex customs in art -- Italy -- Rome.
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Art, Roman -- Themes, motives.
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Erotic art -- Italy -- Rome.
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| Author |
Larvey, Michael.
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| LC no. |
2002013157 |
| ISBN |
0810942631 |
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