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Laughter --- Wit and humor in art --- Humorists, French --- Rire --- Humour dans l'art --- Humoristes français --- Social aspects --- Aspect social

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In this fresh, accessible, and beautifully illustrated book, his third to examine an aspect of Roman visual culture, John R. Clarke explores the question, "What made Romans laugh?" 'Looking at Laughter 'examines a heterogeneous corpus of visual material, from the crudely obscene to the exquisitely sophisticated and from the playful to the deadly serious--everything from street theater to erudite paintings parodying the emperor. Nine chapters, organized under the rubrics of Visual Humor, Social Humor, and Sexual Humor, analyze a wide range of visual art, including wall painting, sculpture, mosaics, and ceramics. Archaeological sites, as well as a range of ancient texts, inscriptions, and graffiti, provide the background for understanding the how and why of humorous imagery. This entertaining study offers fascinating insights into the mentality of Roman patrons and viewers who enjoyed laughing at the gods, the powers-that-be, and themselves.

Wit and humor in art --- Arts, Roman --- Arts, Roman. --- Wit and humor in art. --- Laughter in art --- Humour dans l'art --- Arts romains --- Rire dans l'art

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Wit and humor --- Wit and humor in art --- Grotesque --- Humour --- Humour dans l'art --- Grotesque --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique

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Mythology, Greek, in art --- Mythologie grecque dans l'art --- Vase-painting, Greek --- Wit and humor in art --- Parody in art --- Peinture de vases grecque --- Humour dans l'art --- Parodie dans l'art --- Humor in art --- Greek vase-painting

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Iconography --- anno 500-1499 --- Christian art and symbolism --- Wit and humor, Medieval --- Art, Medieval --- Wit and humor in art --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Humour médiéval --- Art médiéval --- Humour dans l'art --- Themes, motives. --- Themes, motives --- Thèmes, motifs --- 091.31:7.04 --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Subjects --- Geschichte 1000-1400 --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Humour médiéval --- Art médiéval --- Thèmes, motifs