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Investigating overt sexual representations in the art of Greek and Roman life, Johns explains that many of the objects which Victorians found shocking were not all intended to have an erotic purpose. Many had a religious and apotropaic function, and also shed light on social mores of the time.
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Sex Or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome, Catherine Johns
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- 1999
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- Title
- Sex Or Symbol? Erotic Images of Greece and Rome
- Language
- Other language
- Authors
- Catherine Johns
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Publisher
- 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0714117137
- ISBN13
- 9780714117133
- Description
- Investigating overt sexual representations in the art of Greek and Roman life, Johns explains that many of the objects which Victorians found shocking were not all intended to have an erotic purpose. Many had a religious and apotropaic function, and also shed light on social mores of the time.