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
Название: Images of the Mother of God ISBN: 1138248266 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138248267 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 54090.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, this volume complements the successful exhibition catalogue of the `Mother of God` exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars from many disciplines to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world.
Автор: Curtis, Clark Название: Odyssey for democracy ISBN: 1469666324 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781469666327 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 15050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Mirsad Had?kadi? never planned for a life in politics. Yet, in 2018, he decided to run for the Bosniak presidential council seat in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mirsad made the life-changing decision to run, despite the fact that he had a successful, thirty-year career as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and very little experience in politics outside of academia. However, a conversation with a dear friend from Sarajevo planted the idea in his mind. Samir Avdakovi suggested that he run for office because "there may never be another election in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the country as we know it will probably disintegrate." The words rumbled within Mirsad's mind for the next several months, and he thought to himself, "if what Samir says is so, who am I, because of the comforts I have, to decide not to even try?"
After announcing his intentions on national TV in January of 2018, Mirsad began this journey in earnest in May of 2018 by building a campaign from the ground up with the hope of instilling a vision of hope and change and shifting the country's political discourse. However, he soon learned that the odds were stacked against him. He only had five months and limited funds to prove to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina that he deserved their votes. And so, he took his meager funds, limited time, and infinite passion to do just that. He toured the country, meeting and talking with citizens, to share his vision of hope and change.
Though Mirsad was not victorious on October 7th, his results were deemed historic and unprecedented. A relatively unknown, underfunded independent candidate managed to receive 60,000 votes or ten percent of the total votes cast. And, despite the defeat, Mirsad succeeded in spearheading a democratic movement, resulting in the formation of the Platform for Progress political organization in November of 2018 and the official dawning of The Odyssey for Democracy.
Автор: Rapp William E. Название: Accomplishing the Impossible: Leadership That Launched Revolutionary Change ISBN: 1642938742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642938746 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25750.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A journey back in time to learn to be revolutionary leaders and managers!
Автор: Christ Martin Название: Biographies of a Reformation: Religious Change and Confessional Coexistence in Upper Lusatia, C. 1520-1635 ISBN: 0198868154 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198868156 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 167450.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Biographies of a Reformation. Religious Change and Confessional Coexistence in Upper Lusatia, c. 1520-1635 introduces the region of Upper Lusatia, where Lutherans, Catholics and a range of other groups coexisted in a largely peaceful manner.
Автор: MacDonald Stephen C. Название: A German Revolution: Local Change and Continuity in Prussia, 1918 - 1920 ISBN: 0367247100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367247102 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 35720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Originally published in 1991, this book examines what changed and what did not change in Germany as a result of the Revolution of 1918. It discusses aspects of German life which the Social Democrats had singled out for change, and political, land, and educational reform and the liberalization of the cultural and artistic climate.
Автор: Didi-Huberman Georges Название: Images in Spite of All: Four Photographs from Auschwitz ISBN: 0226148173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226148175 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 24290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Of one-and-a-half million photographs related to Nazi concentration camps, only four depict the actual process of mass killing perpetrated at the gas chambers. This book reveals that these photos of Auschwitz, taken clandestinely by one of the Jewish prisoners forced to help carry out the atrocities there, were made as a potent act of resistance.
Автор: Jutta Gisela Sperling Название: Medieval and Renaissance Lactations: Images, Rhetorics, Practices ISBN: 1409448606 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409448600 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 163330.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The premise of this volume is that the ubiquity of lactation imagery in early modern visual culture and the discourse on breastfeeding in humanist, religious, medical, and literary writings is a distinct cultural phenomenon that deserves systematic study. Chapters by art historians, social and legal historians, historians of science.
Автор: Mary B. Cunningham, Thomas Arentzen Название: The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium: Marian Narratives in Texts and Images ISBN: 1108700136 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108700139 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 30630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book explores how the Virgin Mary's life is told in hymns, sermons, icons, art, and other media in the Byzantine Empire before AD 1204. A group of international specialists examines material and textual evidence from both Byzantine and Muslim-ruled territories that was intended for a variety of settings and audiences and seeks to explain why Byzantine artisans and writers chose to tell stories about Mary, the Mother of God, in such different ways. Sometimes the variation reflected the theological or narrative purposes of story-tellers; sometimes it expressed their personal spiritual preoccupations. Above all, the variety of aspects that this holy figure assumed in Byzantium reveals her paradoxical theological position as meeting-place and mediator between the divine and created realms. Narrative, whether 'historical', theological, or purely literary, thus played a fundamental role in the development of the Marian cult from Late Antiquity onward.
Автор: Alan M. Ball Название: Imagining America : Influence and Images in Twentieth-Century Russia ISBN: 074252793X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780742527935 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 71810.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Drawing on a wide variety of contemporary journals, newspapers, films, and popular songs, Alan M. Ball compares American social, political, and cultural influence in two newborn Russian states: the young Soviet Union and the modern Russian Republic.
Автор: Rebay-Salisbury, Katharina Название: The Human Body in Early Iron Age Central Europe ISBN: 0367880598 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367880590 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 43890.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The `archaeology of the body` has recently emerged as one of the most promising new fields in archaeology, using a fresh approach to look at archaeological data from a different angle and interpreting society in a new way. This volume tracks the changing individual and social identities of early Iron Age people through body-related practices and im
Автор: Steve Hindle, Alexandra Shepard, John Walter Название: Remaking English Society: Social Relations and Social Change in Early Modern England ISBN: 1783270179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783270170 Издательство: Boydell & Brewer Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Written by leading authorities, the volume can be considered a standard work on seventeenth-century English social history.
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