The Social Life of Painting in Ancient Rome and on the Bay of Naples

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 culture among aristocrats, and their ambivalent attitudes towards luxury.

Author: Eleanor Winsor Leach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/31/2011
Pages: 370
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781107690462

About the Author
Leach, Eleanor Winsor: - Eleanor Winsor Leach is Ruth N. Halls Professor of Classical Studies at Indiana University. The author of numerous articles and books on aspects of Roman literature and painting, she has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council for Learned Societies and served as President of the American Philological Association.