Louis Barré
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| [[J.R. Clarke]], [[Looking at Lovemaking. Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 BC-250 AD]], Berkeley 1998. This work is not included in the bibliography of the work discussed here, although Clarke shows some of the works published by Barré. | [[J.R. Clarke]], [[Looking at Lovemaking. Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 BC-250 AD]], Berkeley 1998. This work is not included in the bibliography of the work discussed here, although Clarke shows some of the works published by Barré. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | [[John R. Clarke]] is Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor of Art History, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the foremost international authorities on ancient Rome. | ||
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Louis Barré (1799-1857)[1] was a prolific author in various fields and known among Pompeii scholars for the texts in François Mazois ' fourth volume and those in the Roux-Barré series
H. Roux (Aîné)
L. Barre, Herculanum et Pompei: Recueil general des peintures, bronzes, mosaiques, etc. . . ., vol. 8, Musee secret (Paris: Didot, 1840)
ML Barre and H. Roux Aine, Herculamun et Pompei. Recueil general des peintures, bronzes, mosaiques, etc. decouverts jusqu'a ce jour 6, Paris
Laurentino García y García, Luciana Jacobelli, Louis Barré, 2001. Museo Segreto. With a Facsimile edition of Herculanum et Pompéi. Recueil général des peintures, bronzes, mosaïques... (1877). (Pompei: Marius Edizioni) Eric M. Moormann, On-line Bryn Mawr Classical Review 20.
J.R. Clarke, Looking at Lovemaking. Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 BC-250 AD, Berkeley 1998. This work is not included in the bibliography of the work discussed here, although Clarke shows some of the works published by Barré.
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.
John R. Clarke is Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor of Art History, at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of the foremost international authorities on ancient Rome.
