In Twelve Caesars, Mary Beard upends many of our assumptions by looking at how these rulers have been represented in art, from antiquity to the modern-day. It's a clever and entertaining exercise in helping us reframe how we think about the distant past. The audiobook comes with a handy PDF containing images discussed within.---Darragh Geraghty, Irish Times [In Twelve Caesars, ] Beard's style of investigation is often just as interesting as some of her find-ings. . . . 'Are we sure we know that?' is her consistent refrain. It's a refreshing sort of intellectual humility--speak-ing confidently when an answer can be known, but also recognizing when caution is warranted.---Regina Munch, CommonwealEngaging, erudite and enormously informative. . . . Beard's fascinating book asks its readers to be curious about, and critical of, redeployments of the images of Roman emperors from the Renaissance in Italy to 20th-century America.---Marguerite Keane, AmericaIn discussing what the faces of imperial power looked like, Beard presents a fascinating detective story of changing identities told through a selection of historical artworks.---Lindsay Powell, Ancient HistoryBeard is a consummate reader of images. One of her great strengths is the way she is constantly alive to the potential for images to misbehave. . . . A clever, witty, thought-provoking book.---Alastair J.L. Blanshard, Australian Book ReviewA CapX Book of the Year[Twelve Caesars] currently sits on my nightstand . . . I've been interested in power for quite a while: who has it, who doesn't, how to acquire it and how to use it for the greater good.---Bernardine Evaristo, Elle.comA mesmerizing read.---Michael Dirda, Washington PostAn enthralling story of how images of Roman emperors have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years. . . . Drawing on a wealth of research, and a multitude of paintings and sculptures, Beard explores the importance of portraits in Roman politics and provides interesting insights into famous pieces of art. A fascinating book.-- "Canberra Weekly"[A] rich disquisition on the Caesars' visual representation. . . . [Twelve Caesars is] handsomely illustrated and brightly ringing with Beard's enjoyment and scholarship. . . . Beard shows the joy of classical texts, and how they are the ultimate resource when visual art fails to be comprehensible to us.---Hermione Eyre, SpectatorA Waterstones Best History Book of 2021From 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 fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing portraits of power ever.---Angela Crocombe, ReadingsThis deeply researched account explores how Roman art has shaped the Western world's understanding of power for two millenniums, from ancient Roman imperial portraits to the work of the 19th-century American sculptor Edmonia Lewis.-- "New York Times"[Twelve Caesars] abounds in expert and keen-eyed readings of Roman imperial images, with insights into the meanings they might have held for those who displayed them. . . . [Beard's] insights are always original and her lively, cheeky prose style always compelling.---James Romm, The Daily BeastThis thoroughgoing survey examines the relationship between ancient imperial imagery and the modern visual imagination. . . . With handsome illustrations of coins, canvases, frescoes, and teacups, Beard brings the prestige and power of these emperors' half-invented faces into tighter focus.-- "New Yorker"A Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the YearBeard wades boldly into muddy territory and emerges with a portrait of the emperors' afterlives that is as vivid as the busts themselves. The book leaves little room for doubt as to how influential the role of later artists and buyers has been in adding muscle to the sinews of emperors pass
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- Editorial: Vintage
- Autor: Beard, Mary
