Output details
31 - Classics
University of Oxford
Article title
Anus Ebria. Immagini di una donna tra vecchiaia e ubriachezza
Type
D - Journal article
DOI
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Title of journal
Prospettiva: rivista di storia dell’arte antica e moderna
Article number
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Volume number
129
Issue number
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First page of article
67
ISSN of journal
0394-0802
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
The paper traces the history of studies of the “Drunk Old Woman” prototype known through Roman copies, focusing on the reception of the subject in the history of taste since the discovery of the two copies, and outlining the distance between the modern perception and the original meaning of the subject, which finds its explanation in ancient medicine. Inscriptional evidence together with passages of Plato and Aristotle suggests that the subject of Drunk Old Woman promotes reflections about the hardships of old age and about remedies to combat them.
