Nature Embodied: Gesture in Ancient Rome

by Anthony Corbeill

Bodily gesture. A Roman worshipper spins in a circle in front of a temple. Faced with death, a Roman woman tears her hair and beats her breasts. Enthusiastic spectators at a gladiatorial event gesticulate with thumbs. Examining the tantalizing glimpses of ancient bodies offered by surviving Roman sculptures, paintings, and literary texts, Anthony Corbeill analyzes the role of gesture in medical and religious ritual, in the gladiatorial arena, in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691074941
• ISBN13: 9780691074948
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 8.9"