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100 1 $aBeard, Mary,$d1955-$eauthor.
245 10 $aTwelve Caesars :$bimages of power from the ancient world to the modern /$cMary Beard.
264 1 $aPrinceton, New Jersey :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2021]
300 $axi, 376 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c25 cm.
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490 1 $aThe A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ;$v2011
490 1 $aBollingen series ;$v35:60
505 0 $aPreface -- 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.
520 $a"From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years. What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book-against a background of today's "sculpture wars"-Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the "twelve Caesars," from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian. Twelve Caesars asks why these murderous autocrats have loomed so large in art from antiquity and the Renaissance to today, when hapless leaders are still caricatured as Neros fiddling while Rome burns. Beginning with the importance of imperial portraits in Roman politics, this richly illustrated book offers a tour through 2,000 years of art and cultural history, presenting a fresh look at works by artists from Memling and Mantegna to the nineteenth-century African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, as well as by generations of now-forgotten weavers, cabinetmakers, silversmiths, printers, and ceramicists. Rather than a story of a simple repetition of stable, blandly conservative images of imperial men and women, Twelve Caesars is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent representations of authority. From Beard's reconstruction of Titian's extraordinary lost Room of the Emperors to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII's famous Caesarian tapestries, Twelve Caesars includes some fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing portraits of power ever created.Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aKings and rulers$vPortraits.
650 0 $aPower (Social sciences) in art.
650 0 $aEmperors$zRome$vPortraits.
650 0 $aArt, Roman$xInfluence.
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650 7 $aART / History / General.$2bisacsh
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650 7 $aEmperors.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00908898
650 7 $aKings and rulers.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00987694
650 7 $aPower (Social sciences) in art.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01074234
651 7 $aRome (Empire)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204885
655 7 $aPortraits.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423831
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBeard, Mary, 1955-$tTwelve Caesars$dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2021]$z9780691225869$w(DLC) 2021012741
830 0 $aA.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ;$v2011.
830 0 $aBollingen series ;$v60.
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