{"product_id":"art-in-the-lives-of-ordinary-romans-9780520248151","title":"Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the freeborn working poor. Written for a wide audience, this book illuminates the dynamics of a discerning and sophisticated population, overturning much accepted wisdom about them, and opening our eyes to their cultural diversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fresh, improvised, and anything but standard...Clarke's [book] will constitute the best and maybe the only way of looking at much of Roman art. [This] thoughtful and humane book is a welcome reminder of how much more there is to art history than social status and political power. Lavishly and beautifully illustrated with original photography.\" - Greg Woolf, Times Literary Supplement (tls) \"An enriched and more varied view of the complexity of Roman artistic production...Recommended.\" - R. Brilliant, Choice: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries \"Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans is superbly out of the ordinary. John Clarke's significant and intriguing book takes stock of a half-century of lively discourse on the art and culture of Rome's non-elite patrons and viewers.\" - Diana E. E. Kleiner, author of Roman Sculpture\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction  Part 1. Imperial Representation of Non-elites 1. Augustus's and Trajan's Messages to Commoners 2. The All-seeing Emperor and Ordinary Viewers: Marcus Aurelius and Constantine  Part 2. Non-elites in the Public Sphere 3. Everyman, Everywoman, and the Gods 4. Everyman and Everywoman at Work 5. Spectacle: Entertainment, Social Control, Self-advertising, and Transgression 6. Laughter and Subversion in the Tavern: Image, Text, and Context 7. Commemoration of Life in the Domain of the Dead: Non-elite Tombs and Sarcophagi  Part 3. Non-elites in the Domestic Sphere 8. Minding Your Manners: Banquets, Behavior, and Class 9. Putting Your Best Face Forward: Self-representation at Home  Conclusions Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402827702615,"sku":"9780520248151","price":34.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520248151.jpg?v=1730481622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/art-in-the-lives-of-ordinary-romans-9780520248151","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}