Body and Embellishment – Ovidian Reflections
Body and Embellishment – Ovidian Reflections
Author(s): Florica Bohîlţea-MihuţSubject(s): Ancient World
Published by: Centrul de Istorie Comparată a Societăților Antice
Keywords: beauty; human body; art of embellishment; tradition; cultural dynamism;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the conception of beauty in two poems written by Ovid, The Art of Love and Cosmetics for the female face (also known as The Art of Beauty), and emphasizes the complex significance of the human body as social and cultural concept. Using the axiological vocabulary of his time and mindful of the dynamic character of the Roman tradition, Ovid reveals the changes in Roman mentality and life in the Age of Augustus.
Journal: Revista CICSA online, Serie Nouă
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: II
- Page Range: 76-85
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English