Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250 (Hardback)
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Short Description for Roman Sex In this illustrated, contextual study of the erotic art of the Roman era, Clarke exposes paintings, sculptures and ceramics featuring such subject matter as group sex, lesbianism and the phallus as talisman, in order to explain ancient Roman attitudes towards a range of societal issues.
Full description- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Published: 06 May 2003
- Format: Hardback 168 pages
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- Categories: General | Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Cultural Studies | Sexual Behaviour | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Social & Cultural History | Sex & Sexuality, Sex Manuals
- ISBN 13: 9780810942639 ISBN 10: 0810942631
- Sales rank: 607,905
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Full description for Roman Sex
Picture a world where good sex is a blessing of the gods, not a cause for guilt, and where acts often considered immoral, even illegal by our standards are instead celebrated. Such a world is no futurist's fantasy but rather the reality of ancient Rome, 100 BC to 250 AD. In "Roman Sex", an illustrated, contextual study of the erotic art of that era, historian John R. Clarke exposes paintings, sculptures and ceramics featuring such controversial subject matter as group sex, lesbianism and the phallus as talisman. He then uses these works to explain ancient Roman attitudes towards a range of societal issues.
