Table of Contents

1: The Greek background
2: The nude portrait in Greek art
3: Attitudes towards nudity at Rome
4: The Roman adoption of the nude portrait
5: The nude portrait under the Empire
6: The nudity of the gods
7: Understanding the Roman nude

About the Author

Christopher H. Hallett is Associate Professor of History of Art and Classics at the University of California at Berkeley.

Reviews

Both the collection of evidence and much of the iconographic analysis represent an important contribution which will be of lasting value. Margaret H. Williams, Journal of Roman Studies [A] thorough and well-researched study Elizabeth Bartman, Classical World [a] solid work(s) of scholarship...remind(s) us of the hard and physical aspect of ancient culture, too often centred on warlike competitiveness. Antiquity 80 The Roman Nude admirably and energetically contextualizes its enigmatic subject. Emma Dench, Art History