CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ars Amatoria, Cupid
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When the senate turned over the republic to the trumvirate. He and vergil stand on different sides of this historical event. Love poetry-- ovid began to write in early 20s. Woman always has a greek name: she is not a roman, of inferior social standing. But, poet refers to himself as her slave. Some poets used this as a form of protest against the roman way of life. Poets opt out", not do what is expected of them. Ovid is the fourth writing in this genre. In his 5 books of love poems, he states he wanted to write epic war poetry, but cupid appears and tells him to write love poetry. This was distilled into 3 books of amores. Ars amatoria= tells men how to find women, women how to find men. Risqu , says venus is everywhere in the city,
