The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History

Lauren Hackworth (University of Delaware) Petersen

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Roman freed slaves, or freedmen, were prodigious patrons of art and architecture. In this study, Lauren Petersen critically investigates the notion of 'freedman art' in scholarship, dependent as it is on elite-authored texts that are filled with hyperbole and stereotypes of freedmen, such as the memorable fictional character Trimalchio, a boorish ex-slave in Petronius' Satyricon.

ISBN-13
9781107603592
ISBN-10
1107603595
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
Publication date
2011-09-19
Pages
312
Dimensions
176x255x15
Weight
682