UID:
almahu_9949641737902882
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9781003038573
,
1003038573
,
9781000988734
,
1000988732
,
9781000988758
,
1000988759
Series Statement:
Image, text, and culture in classical antiquity
Content:
"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 a work, and the authority of the reader/viewer to generate meaning. The volume offers an account of Roman visual-literary interactions in the mid-first century CE that considers these dynamics as informing broad cultural phenomena. The results reveal features pervasive in a literary and artistic culture invested in exploring the edges of expression. The Neronian Grotesque is a fascinating study on the literary and artistic production in the Neronian period, and has wider implications for anyone working in the field of Roman cultural history and visual studies more broadly"--
Note:
Fantasy and Reality. In the Grotto -- Neronian Spaces -- Hybridity. Fear -- Laughter -- Ornament. Cosmos and Chaos -- Excess.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Weiss, Scott Neronian grotesque Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9780367478193
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ancient Studies
DOI:
10.4324/9781003038573
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003038573
