The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780521858892
Subjects: History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world; Italy; European; Art; Art & Art Instruction; History - General; Ancient Rome; Reference; Art / History / Ancient & Classical; Art, Roman; Freedmen in art; Social status in art
First sentence: Having endured humiliation and degradation as a slave, then having been enfranchised as a citizen, a Roman freedman or freedwoman lived in a world that must have seemed filled with complexities, ambiguities, and paradoxes - not to mention opportunities.