From republic to empire : rhetoric, religion, and power in the visual culture of ancient Rome / John Pollini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pollini, John.

Series:

Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 48.

Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects--Rome.

Art.

Art, Roman.

Visual communication--Political aspects--Rome.

Visual communication.

Art and society--Rome.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 550 pages ; 29 cm.

Edition:

First.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2012]

Summary:

Pollini (classical art and archaeology, U. of Southern California) assembles papers he has delivered at international conferences over the past few years, updating, revising and in some cases expanding them for publication. He takes a multipronged, interdisciplinary approach to art and artifacts of ancient Rome, and emphasizes the role of art in politics and religion. Among the topics are official and non-official modes of representing the leader and the divine; from warrior to statesman in art and ideology; Octavian Augustus and the image of Alexander the Great; the acanthus of the Ara Pacis as an Apolline and Dionysiac symbol of anamorphosis, anakyklosis, and numen mixtum; the insanity of Caligula or the insanity of the Jews: differences in perception and religious belief; and astral theology, Castorian imagery, and the dual heirs in the transmission of leadership. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Ritualizing Death in Republican Rome : Memory, Religion, Class Struggle, and the Wax Ancestral Mask Tradition's Origin and Influence on Veristic Portraiture

The Leader and the Divine : Official and Nonofficial Modes of Representation

Appendix: A Colossal Statue of Titus or Domitian and the Neokorate Temples of Ephesos

The Cult Statue of Julius Caesar and Heroic and Divine Imagery of Deified Leaders in the Late Republic and Early Principate

From Warrior to Statesman in Art and Ideology : Octavian/Augustus and the Image of Alexander the Great

Appendix: Triumphal Frieze of the Actian Victory Monument at Nikopolis

The Ideology of "Peace through Victory" and the Ara Pacis Augustae : Visual Rhetoric and the Creation of a Dynastic Narrative

Appendix A: The "Aeneas Panel" of the Ara Pacis

Appendix B: The Mausoleum of Augustus and Its Quadrigate Imagery

Appendix C: The Ustrinum Augusti

The Acanthus of the Ara Pacis as an Apolline and Dionysiac Symbol of Anamorphosis, Anakyklosis, and Numen Mixtum

The Smaller Cancelleria ("Vicomagistri") Reliefs and Julio-Claudian Imperial Altars : Limitations of the Evidence and Problems in Interpretation

Appendix: The Ara Providentiae Augustae, Colossal Seated Statue of Augustus, and Julio-Claudian Ideology

The "Insanity" of Caligula or the "Insanity" of the Jews? : Differences in Perception and Religious Beliefs

Appendix: The Portraiture of Caligula : Myth, Reality, and Contemporary Attempts at Polychromy

"Star Power" in Imperial Rome : Astral Theology, Castorian Imagery, and the Dual Heirs in the Transmission of Leadership.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780806142586

0806142588

OCLC:

789148373