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From monumental tombs and domestic decoration, to acts of benefaction and portraits of ancestors, Roman freed slaves, or freedmen, were prodigious patrons of art and architecture. Traditionally, however, the history of Roman art has been told primarily through the monumental remains of the emperors and ancient writers who worked in their circles. 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 stereotype of freedmen, such as the memorable fictional character Trimalchio, a boorish ex-slave in Petronius' Satyricon. She emphasizes integrated visual ensembles within defined historical and social contexts and aims to show how material culture can reflect preoccupations that were prevalent throughout Roman society. Interdisciplinary in scope, this book explores the many ways that monuments and artistic commissions by freedmen spoke to a much more complex reality than that presented in literature.

Affranchis dans l'art --- Freedmen in art --- Social status in art --- Sociale positie in de kunst --- Statut social dans l'art --- Vrijgelaten slaven in kunst --- Art, Roman --- Freedmen in art. --- Social status in art. --- Art [Roman ] --- Italy --- Roman art --- Classical antiquities --- Art, Roman - Italy

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How did people in the late medieval period perceive and express social status? This volume brings together multi-disciplinary perspectives on representations of social difference in the Low Countries during a time of dynamic social change. The premise of the volume is that medieval social change may only be fully understood if hierarchies of wealth and power are examined alongside literary and artistic sources. Medieval texts and material culture expressed social standing and gave meaning to the experience of social change. The aim of the study is to recognise and translate the language of symbols used to encode and display status in the late Middle Ages.

Social stratification --- Community organization --- History of civilization --- History of Europe --- anno 1200-1499 --- Civilization, Medieval. --- Middle Ages. --- Social classes --- Social status in art. --- Social status in literature. --- Social status --- History. --- Social status in literature --- Social status in art --- Middle Ages --- Civilization, Medieval --- History --- 940.1 --- -Social status --- -Social status in art --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- Medieval civilization --- Civilization --- Chivalry --- Social standing --- Socio-economic status --- Socioeconomic status --- Standing, Social --- Status, Social --- Power (Social sciences) --- Prestige --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- 940.1 Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Geschiedenis van Europa: Middeleeuwen:--(ca.375-1492) --- Social history --- Statut social --- Classes sociales --- Statut social dans la littérature --- Statut social dans l'art --- Histoire sociale --- Histoire --- Belgium --- Netherlands --- Social perception --- Medieval, 500-1500 --- Upper class --- Nobility --- Attitudes --- Self-presentation --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Social status - Europe - History --- Social classes - Europe - History