220 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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During the reign of Nero, Roman culture produced some of its most spectacular works of art and literature, and some of its strangest. This study explores these effects across textual and visual media in an integrated way.
Weiss' analysis allows for appreciation of the shared strategies of composition, overlaps between literary and visual rhetoric, the role of context in shaping the reception of... Read more
Introduction; Part 1: Fantasy and Reality; 1. In the Grotto; 2. Neronian Spaces; Part II: Hybridity; 3. Fear; 4. Laughter; Part III: Ornament; 5. Cosmos and Chaos; 6. Excess; Conclusion.
Biography
Scott Weiss is a senior advancement writer at Washington University in St. Louis, where he previously held a postdoctoral teaching fellowship in the Department of Art History and Archaeology. He has taught at Knox College, St. Louis Community College and Stanford University, where he received his PhD. His research interests include Latin literature, Roman art and ancient slavery.
