The Resource Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern, Mary Beard
Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern, Mary Beard
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The item Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern, Mary Beard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 376 pages
- Contents
-
- Preface
- The Emperor on the mall: an introduction
- Who's who in the twelve Caesars
- Coins and portraits, ancient and modern
- The twelve Caesars, more or less
- The most famous Caesars of them all
- Satire, subversion and assassination
- Caesar's wife... above suspicion?
- Afterword
- Appendix: The verses underneath Aegidius Sadeler's series of emperors and empresses
- Isbn
- 9780691222363
- Label
- Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern
- Title
- Twelve Caesars
- Title remainder
- images of power from the ancient world to the modern
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Beard
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Beard, Mary
- Dewey number
- 709.02/16
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
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- The A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts
- Bollingen series
- Series volume
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- 2011
- 35:60
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kings and rulers
- Power (Social sciences) in art
- Emperors
- Art, Roman
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- The Emperor on the mall: an introduction -- Who's who in the twelve Caesars -- Coins and portraits, ancient and modern -- The twelve Caesars, more or less -- The most famous Caesars of them all -- Satire, subversion and assassination -- Caesar's wife... above suspicion? -- Afterword -- Appendix: The verses underneath Aegidius Sadeler's series of emperors and empresses
- Control code
- on1240576340
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691222363
- Lccn
- 2021012740
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1240576340
- Label
- Twelve Caesars : images of power from the ancient world to the modern, Mary Beard
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- The Emperor on the mall: an introduction -- Who's who in the twelve Caesars -- Coins and portraits, ancient and modern -- The twelve Caesars, more or less -- The most famous Caesars of them all -- Satire, subversion and assassination -- Caesar's wife... above suspicion? -- Afterword -- Appendix: The verses underneath Aegidius Sadeler's series of emperors and empresses
- Control code
- on1240576340
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 376 pages
- Isbn
- 9780691222363
- Lccn
- 2021012740
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1240576340
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