Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus
Title | Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus PDF eBook |
Author | Paweł Gołyźniak |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 618 |
Release | 2020-05-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1789695406 |
This book studies small but highly captivating artworks from antiquity – engraved gemstones. These objects had multiple applications, and the images upon them captured snapshots of people's beliefs, ideologies, and everyday occupations. They provide a unique perspective on the propaganda of Roman political leaders, especially Octavian/Augustus.
Augustus: From Republic to Empire
Title | Augustus: From Republic to Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Grażyna Bąkowska-Czerner |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 2018-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1784917818 |
Proceedings from the conference ‘AUGUSTUS. 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD – 2000 years of divinity’ held in Kakow, 2014. Papers deal with a variety of topics ranging from architecture, urban issues and painting to fine art represented by glyptics and numismatics.
Roman Art
Title | Roman Art PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Lorraine Thompson |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art, Roman |
ISBN | 1588392228 |
A complete introduction to the rich cultural legacy of Rome through the study of Roman art ... It includes a discussion of the relevance of Rome to the modern world, a short historical overview, and descriptions of forty-five works of art in the Roman collection organized in three thematic sections: Power and Authority in Roman Portraiture; Myth, Religion, and the Afterlife; and Daily Life in Ancient Rome. This resource also provides lesson plans and classroom activities."--Publisher website.
Defacing the Past
Title | Defacing the Past PDF eBook |
Author | Dario Calomino |
Publisher | Spink Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9781907427732 |
Winner of the 2018 Royal Numismatic Society's Lhotka Memorial Prize Defacing the Past: Damnation and Desecration in Imperial Rome is published by Spink in collaboration with the British Museum to accompany the author's current exhibition in Gallery 69a.
Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire
Title | Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Julia C. Fischer |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2024-04-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1040016286 |
This study examines the five extant large Imperial cameos of the Early Roman Empire as a coherent whole, revealing that these gemstones were a referential group with complex interrelationships. Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire offers a feminist theory that explains why large Imperial cameos were in dialogue and why the medium appears with Octavian and disappears by the Flavian dynasty: female Imperial family members commissioned them to advance their husbands and sons. This volume is an introduction to large Imperial cameos and reveals their importance for the understanding of Roman art and iconography and the implications of its theorized Imperial female patronage. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, classics, and archaeology.
Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
Title | Luxury Arts of the Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Marina Belozerskaya |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2005-10-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892367857 |
Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.
An Educator's Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World
Title | An Educator's Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World PDF eBook |
Author | Pınar Durgun |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2020-11-12 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1789697611 |
With the right methods, studying the ancient world can be as engaging as it is informative. The teaching activities in this book are designed in a cookbook format so that educators can replicate these teaching "recipes” (including materials, budget, preparation time, study level) in classes of ancient art, archaeology, social studies, and history.