Les romains et la mode
by Jean-Noel Robert
Paperback (Published)
(January 2011)
ISBN: 9782251338354
Price: $33.00
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Fashionistas et star system dans la Rome antique
English summary: Like all Romans, Scipio the Elder sported a beard. One day in Sicily, in deference to Greek customs, he decided to shave it off. Almost immediately, every young and modern-minded man in Rome followed his example, thus launching the new “smooth-faced” fad. Babylonian carpets were highly popular in Cato’s time -they would sell for 800,000 sesterces apiece when a chicken would only cost 2 sesterces at the market. Roscius was a charming and talented slave, so his master decided to make him a star in the theatre. In a few years, he became the darling of Rome, and he is still remembered as one of the star System’s greatest names. As shown by these few examples, in Rome, fashion influenced daily living habits – clothing, food, the home environment – as much as it did Roman art and literature, in which the notion of imitation played a key role. Since then, Rome has remained the arbiter of elegance by becoming a benchmark model of European culture and taste. French description: Le grand Scipion l’Africain, comme tous les Romains, porte la barbe. Un jour, en Sicile, au contact des moeurs grecques, il decide de se faire raser. Aussitot, tout ce que Rome compte d’hommes jeunes et modernistes suit son exemple. La mode du visage glabre est lancee? Les tapis de Babylone font fureur au temps de Caton: ils s’arrachent 800 000 sesterces piece quand un poulet, au marche, vaut 2 sesterces? L’esclave Roscius a du charme, et du talent. Son maitre decide d’en faire une vedette de theatre. En quelques annees, il devient la coqueluche des Romains, et son nom reste comme celui d’un des plus grands du star system ?A Rome, comme le montrent ces quelques exemples, la mode s’immisce autant dans les habitudes de vie – le vetement, la nourriture, le cadre familier – que dans l’art ou la litterature ou la notion d’imitation est centrale. Par la suite aussi, Rome demeure l’arbitre des elegances, en devenant un modele de reference pour la culture et le gout europeens.Jean-Noel Robert, latiniste, historien de Rome, a deja publie, aux editions Les Belles Lettres, plusieurs ouvrages sur l’histoire du comportement, parmi lesquels, Les Plaisirs a Rome, Eros romain, sexe et morale dans l’ancienne Rome et Rome, la gloire et la liberte. Il dirige en outre la collection ” Realia ” et celle des ” Guides Belles Lettres des Civilisations “dans laquelle il a signe deux volumes, Rome et Les Etrusques.
Introduction
Chapitre I. La mode et l'histoire Chapitre II. La mode dans le vetement et la parure Chapitre III. La mode et le cadre de vie (public et prive) Chapitre IV. La vie a la mode Chapitre V. La mode et les jeux Chapitre VI. La mode et la religion Chapitre VII. La mode, l'economie et le commerce Chapitre VIII. La mode et la vie litteraire Chapitre IX. La mode et la litterature (deux exemples : la poesie et la rhetorique) Conclusion Bibliographie Reperes chronologiques Index- By (author) Jean-Noel Robert
... passionnant voyage ou l'on decouvre que les fashion victims ne datent pas d'aujourd'hui.
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