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"Brave and sometimes brilliant. . . . Clarke has a wonderful eye for the byways of Roman art and a passionate determination. . . . Presents an extremely powerful case. . . . A wonderful book."--New York Review of Books
"No one is doing more to enrich our pictures of Roman visual culture, or to encourage a more imaginative and open-minded approach to it. . . . For this contribution alone, the author and his book are to be greatly recommended."--Jrnl of Interdisciplinary History
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In this fresh, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book, his third to examine an aspect of Roman visual culture, John R. Clarke explores the question, "What made Romans laugh?" Looking at Laughter examines a heterogeneous corpus of visual material, from the crudely obscene to the exquisitely sophisticated and from the playful to the deadly serious--everything from street theater to erudite paintings parodying the emperor. Nine chapters, organized under the rubrics of Visual Humor, Social Humor, and Sexual Humor, analyze a wide range of visual art, including wall painting, sculpture, mosaics, and ceramics. Archaeological sites, as well as a range of ancient texts, inscriptions, and graffiti, provide the background for understanding the how and why of humorous imagery. This entertaining study offers fascinating insights into the mentality of Roman patrons and viewers who enjoyed laughing at the gods, the powers-that-be, and themselves.
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"Brave and sometimes brilliant. . . . Clarke has a wonderful eye for the byways of Roman art and a passionate determination. . . . Presents an extremely powerful case. . . . A wonderful book."--New York Review of Books
"No one is doing more to enrich our pictures of Roman visual culture, or to encourage a more imaginative and open-minded approach to it. . . . For this contribution alone, the author and his book are to be greatly recommended."--Jrnl of Interdisciplinary History
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In this fresh, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book, his third to examine an aspect of Roman visual culture, John R. Clarke explores the question, "What made Romans laugh?" Looking at Laughter examines a heterogeneous corpus of visual material, from the crudely obscene to the exquisitely sophisticated and from the playful to the deadly serious--everything from street theater to erudite paintings parodying the emperor. Nine chapters, organized under the rubrics of Visual Humor, Social Humor, and Sexual Humor, analyze a wide range of visual art, including wall painting, sculpture, mosaics, and ceramics. Archaeological sites, as well as a range of ancient texts, inscriptions, and graffiti, provide the background for understanding the how and why of humorous imagery. This entertaining study offers fascinating insights into the mentality of Roman patrons and viewers who enjoyed laughing at the gods, the powers-that-be, and themselves.
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