Author: Andrew Martindale
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Author: Mary Beard
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674020597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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It followed every major military victory in ancient Rome: the successful general drove through the streets to the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill; behind him streamed his raucous soldiers; in front were his most glamorous prisoners, as well as the booty he’d captured, from enemy ships and precious statues to plants and animals from the conquered territory. Occasionally there was so much on display that the show lasted two or three days. A radical reexamination of this most extraordinary of ancient ceremonies, this book explores the magnificence of the Roman triumph, but also its darker side. What did it mean when the axle broke under Julius Caesar’s chariot? Or when Pompey’s elephants got stuck trying to squeeze through an arch? Or when exotic or pathetic prisoners stole the general’s show? And what are the implications of the Roman triumph, as a celebration of imperialism and military might, for questions about military power and “victory” in our own day? The triumph, Mary Beard contends, prompted the Romans to question as well as celebrate military glory. Her richly illustrated work is a testament to the profound importance of the triumph in Roman culture—and for monarchs, dynasts and generals ever since. But how can we re-create the ceremony as it was celebrated in Rome? How can we piece together its elusive traces in art and literature? Beard addresses these questions, opening a window on the intriguing process of sifting through and making sense of what constitutes “history.”

Author: Christopher Lloyd
Publisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Anthony Miller
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230628559
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 231

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This is the first comprehensive study of the revival and appropriation of the Roman triumph from the 1580s to the 1650s. English versions of the triumph included ceremonial re-enactments, poetic or pictorial representations, and stage performances. As well as many non-canonical writers, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Marvell, and Milton all produced versions. The book includes an original survey of ancient literary models and the work of humanist antiquarians, and shows how all its texts are implicated in contemporary political conflicts and discourses.

Author: Ernest Law
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Author: Joseph Manca
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1783107545
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 348

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Mantegna; humanist, geometrist, archaeologist, of great scholastic and imaginative intelligence, dominated the whole of northern Italy by virtue of his imperious personality. Aiming at optical illusion, he mastered perspective. He trained in painting at the Padua School where Donatello and Paolo Uccello had previously attended. Even at a young age commissions for Andrea’s work flooded in, for example the frescos of the Ovetari Chapel of Padua. In a short space of time Mantegna found his niche as a modernist due to his highly original ideas and the use of perspective in his works. His marriage with Nicolosia Bellini, the sister of Giovanni, paved the way for his entree into Venice. Mantegna reached an artistic maturity with his Pala San Zeno. He remained in Mantova and became the artist for one of the most prestigious courts in Italy – the Court of Gonzaga. Classical art was born. Despite his links with Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, Mantegna refused to adopt their innovative use of colour or leave behind his own technique of engraving.

Author: Andrew Graham-Dixon
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520223752
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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A history of Renaissance art, placing the time in its historical and political context and arguing that the Renaissance grew out of the achievements of the medieval period.

Author: Anthony Blunt
Publisher:
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Category : Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England)
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: Mary Beard
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691222363
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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The 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?

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870993569
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 361

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Two volumes, including works by the three foremost seventeenth-century Flemish artists{u2014}Rubens, Van Dyck, and Jordaens{u2014}as well as works by their contemporaries. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.