A new major exhibition at the Glyptotek shows how the rich and powerful of the Roman Empire used clothing, colors, perfumes and hairstyles to signal gender, status and power – and how much of what we today perceive as natural is in fact culturally determined.
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A new major exhibition at the Glyptotek shows how the rich and powerful of the Roman Empire used clothing, colors, perfumes and hairstyles to signal gender, status and power – and how much of what we today perceive as natural is in fact culturally determined.