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Beard, Mary, 1955-
Subjects
Kings and rulers -- Portraits.
Power (Social sciences) in art.
Emperors -- Rome -- Portraits.
Art, Roman -- Influence.
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Beard, Mary, 1955-
Kings and rulers -- Portraits.
Power (Social sciences) in art.
Emperors -- Rome -- Portraits.
Art, Roman -- Influence.
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Twelve caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern / Mary Beard.
by
Beard, Mary, 1955-
Princeton University Press, 2021.
Call #:
709.014 B368t
Subjects
Kings and rulers
--
Portraits
.
Power (Social sciences) in art.
Emperors
--
Rome
--
Portraits
.
Art, Roman
--
Influence.
Series
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 2011.
ISBN:
9780691222363 (hc.)
Description:
xi, 376 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient
Rome
, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years. What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book-against a background of today's "sculpture wars"-Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia
portraits
of the rich, powerful, and famous in the western world have been shaped by the image of Roman
emperors
, especially the "twelve caesars," from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian. 'Twelve caesars' asks why these murderous autocrats have loomed so large in art from antiquity and the Renaissance to today, when hapless leaders are still caricatured as Neros fiddling while
Rome
burns. Beginning with the importance of imperial
portraits
in Roman politics, this richly illustrated book offers a tour through 2,000 years of art and cultural history, presenting a fresh look at works by artists from Memling and Mantegna to the nineteenth-century African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, as well as by generations of now-forgotten weavers, cabinetmakers, silversmiths, printers, and ceramicists. Rather than a story of a simple repetition of stable, blandly conservative images of imperial men and women, 'Twelve caesars' is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent representations of authority. From Beard's reconstruction of Titian's extraordinary lost Room of the
Emperors
to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII's famous caesarian tapestries, 'Twelve caesars' includes some fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing
portraits
of power ever created. Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC"--From publisher.
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