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Art in the lives of ordinary Romans : visual representation and non-elite viewers in Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 315 / John R. Clarke.

by Clarke, John R., 1945-

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Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.

Art, Roman -- Themes, motives.

Art, Roman -- Social aspects.

Social classes in art.

Social status -- Rome.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal052/2002154934.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ucal041/2002154934.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal042/2002154934.html

0520219767 (cloth : alk. paper)

xi, 383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

pt. 1. Imperial representation of non-elites -- Augustus's and Trajan's messages to commoners -- The all-seeing emperor and ordinary viewers : Marcus Aurelius and Constantine -- pt. 2. Non-elites in the public sphere -- Everyman, everywoman, and the gods -- Everyman and everywoman at work -- Spectacle : entertainment, social control, self-advertising, and transgression -- Laughter and subversion in the tavern : image, text, and context -- Commemoration of life in the domain of the dead : non-elite tombs and sarcophagi -- pt. 3. Non-elites in the domestic sphere -- Minding your manners : banquets, behavior, and class -- Putting your best face forward : self-representation at home.

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