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In this study, Eleanor Winsor Leach offers a new interpretation of Roman painting as found in domestic spaces of the elite classes of ancient Rome. The painted images, Leach contends, reflect the codes of communication embedded in upper class life, such as the performative theatricality that was expected of those leading public lives, the self-conscious assimilation of Hellenistic culture among aristocrats, and the ambivalent attitudes towards luxury as a coveted sign of power and a symptom of ethical degeneracy.Read More

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    Eleanor Winsor Leach offers a new interpretation of Roman painting as found in domestic spaces of the elite classes of ancient Rome. Leach contends that the painted images reflect the codes of communication embedded in upper class life, such as the theatricality expected of those leading public lives, the self-conscious assimilation of Hellenistic wulture among aristocrats, and their ambivalent attitudes towards luxury.

  • 0521826004
  • 9780521826006
  • Eleanor Winsor Leach
  • 14 June 2004
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 370
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