The Imperial Image

Author : Milo Cleveland Beach
Publisher : Mapin
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 1935677160

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The Imperial Image by Milo Cleveland Beach Pdf

Books have been treasured for centuries in the Islamic world, as precious objects worthy of royal admiration. This was especially true in Muslim India, where generations of Mughal emperors commissioned and collected volumes of richly illuminated manuscripts and lavishly illustrated folios. They assembled workshops of the leading artists and calligraphers to produce the books that filled their extensive libraries. Today, those works remain a vibrant part of India's cultural and artistic history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In this revised and expanded edition of his popular 1981 book, Dr Milo Beach presents the superb collection of Mughal painting in the Freer Gallery of Art. He adds many of the outstanding works that entered the collection with the opening of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in 1987. Together, the Freer and Sackler Galleries, the Smithsonian's museums of Asian art, have the distinction of being one of the world's leading repositories of Mughal art. An introductory essay examines the Mughal art of the book and traces the contributions of a succession of rulers in Muslim India. Brief artist biographies and an extensive bibliography complete this updated volume.

Author : Amy Russell,Monica Hellström
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108835121

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The Social Dynamics of Roman Imperial Imagery by Amy Russell,Monica Hellström Pdf

Explores how artists and patrons at all social levels helped form and evolve the visual language of the Roman Empire.

Author : Robert Hancock-Jones,James Renshaw,Laura Swift
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350015135

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OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Components 21 and 22 by Robert Hancock-Jones,James Renshaw,Laura Swift Pdf

This textbook is endorsed by OCR and supports the specification for AS and A-Level Classical Civilisation (first teaching September 2017). It covers Components 21 and 22 from the 'Culture and the Arts' Component Group: Greek Theatre by James Renshaw and Laura Swift Imperial Image by Robert Hancock-Jones Why was tragedy and comedy so central to Athenian life? How did drama challenge Athenians to reflect on their way of living? How did the emperor Augustus present himself as the restorer of Rome's greatness? To what extent did he provide an example to later political figures as a promoter of his regime? This book guides AS and A-Level students to a greater understanding of these issues. The Greek Theatre chapter explores the festival context in which tragedies and comedies were performed, and then analyses three plays: Oedipus the King by Sophocles, Bacchae by Euripides and Frogs by Aristophanes. The Imperial Image chapter analyses the self-presentation of Rome's most dynamic emperor, who claimed to have found Rome 'a city of bricks, but left it a city of marble'. The ideal preparation for the final examinations, all content is presented by experts and experienced teachers in a clear and accessible narrative. Ancient literary and visual sources are described and analysed, with supporting images. Helpful student features include study questions, quotations from contemporary scholars, further reading, and boxes focusing in on key people, events and terms. Practice questions and exam guidance prepare students for assessment. A Companion Website is available at www.bloomsbury.com/class-civ-as-a-level.

Author : Lukas de Blois
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351135573

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Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD by Lukas de Blois Pdf

Image and Reality of Roman Imperial Power in the Third Century AD focuses on the wide range of available sources of Roman imperial power in the period AD 193-284, ranging from literary and economic texts, to coins and other artefacts. This volume examines the impact of war on the foundations of the economic, political, military, and ideological power of third-century Roman emperors, and the lasting effects of this. This detailed study offers insight into this complex and transformative period in Roman history and will be a valuable resource to any student of Roman imperial power.

Author : Lee M. Jefferson,Robin M. Jensen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506402840

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The Art of Empire by Lee M. Jefferson,Robin M. Jensen Pdf

In recent years, art historians such as Johannes Deckers (Picturing the Bible, 2009) have argued for a significant transition in fourth- and fifth-century images of Jesus following the conversion of Constantine. Broadly speaking, they perceive the image of a peaceful, benevolent shepherd transformed into a powerful, enthroned Jesus, mimicking and mirroring the dominance and authority of the emperor. The powers of church and state are thus conveniently synthesized in such a potent image. This deeply rooted position assumes that ante-pacem images of Jesus were uniformly humble while post-Constantinian images exuded the grandeur of power and glory. The Art of Empire contends that the art and imagery of Late Antiquity merits a more nuanced understanding of the context of the imperial period before and after Constantine. The chapters in this collection each treat an aspect of the relationship between early Christian art and the rituals, practices, or imagery of the Empire, and offer a new and fresh perspective on the development of Christian art in its imperial background.

Author : Harry O. Maier
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567192707

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Picturing Paul in Empire by Harry O. Maier Pdf

Pauline Christianity sprang to life in a world of imperial imagery. In the streets and at the thoroughfares, in the market places and on its public buildings and monuments, and especially on its coins the Roman Empire's imperial iconographers displayed imagery that aimed to persuade the Empire's diverse and mostly illiterate inhabitants that Rome had a divinely appointed right to rule the world and to be honoured and celebrated for its dominion. Harry O. Maier places the later, often contested, letters and theology associated with Paul in the social and political context of the Roman Empire's visual culture of politics and persuasion to show how followers of the apostle visualized the reign of Christ in ways consistent with central themes of imperial iconography. They drew on the Empire's picture language to celebrate the dominion and victory of the divine Son, Jesus, to persuade their audiences to honour his dominion with praise and thanksgiving. Key to this imperial embrace were Colossians, Ephesians, and the Pastoral Epistles. Yet these letters remain neglected territory in consideration of engagement with and reflection of imperial political ideals and goals amongst Paul and his followers. This book fills a gap in scholarly work on Paul and Empire by taking up each contested letter in turn to investigate how several of its main themes reflect motifs found in imperial images.

Author : Duncan Fishwick
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004128064

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The Imperial Cult in the Latin West by Duncan Fishwick Pdf

This volume focuses on provincial centres and the worship that was offered there in the name of the province. Despite the inadequacies of fleeting, defective evidence, a rough picture emerges of both the permanent headquarters and the principal features of provincial cults.

Author : Julie Langford
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781421408477

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Maternal Megalomania by Julie Langford Pdf

She employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects.

Author : Sandra R. Joshel,Margaret Malamud,Donald T. McGuire
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 0801882680

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Imperial Projections by Sandra R. Joshel,Margaret Malamud,Donald T. McGuire Pdf

, Martin M. Winkler, and Maria Wyke--Peter Bondanella, Indiana University "Classical Outlook"

Author : S.E. Wood
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004351288

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Imperial Women by S.E. Wood Pdf

From the end of the Roman Republic to the death of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, portraits of women - on coins, public monuments, and private luxury objects - became an increasingly familiar sight throughout the empire. These women usually represented the distinguished bloodlines of the head of the state, or his hopes for succession, but in every case, their images were freighted with political significance. These objects also communicated social messages about the appropriate roles, behavior, and self-presentation of women. This volume traces the emergence and development of the public female portrait, from Octavia, the first Roman woman to be represented in propria persona on coinage, to the formidable and ambitious Agrippina the Younger, whose assassination demonstrated to later women the limits of official power they could demand.

Author : Paul Zanker
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0472081241

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The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus by Paul Zanker Pdf

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

Author : Paul S. Landau,Deborah D. Kaspin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0520229495

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Images and Empires by Paul S. Landau,Deborah D. Kaspin Pdf

This volume considers the meaning and power of images in African history and culture. It assembles a wide-ranging collection of essays dealing with specific visual forms, including monuments cinema, cartoons, domestic and professional photography, body art, world fairs, and museum exhibits.

Author : Milo Cleveland Beach
Publisher : Arthur M Sackler Gallery
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39076000874052

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The Imperial Image by Milo Cleveland Beach Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Bartman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521583942

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Portraits of Livia by Elizabeth Bartman Pdf

A study of the influence of the Roman empress Livia's artistic patronage.

Author : Rhoads Murphey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317118459

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Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean by Rhoads Murphey Pdf

The comparative study of empires has traditionally been addressed in the widest possible global historical perspective with comparison of New World empires such as the Aztecs and Incas side by side with the history of imperial Rome and the empires of China and Russia in the medieval and modern periods. Surprisingly little work has been carried out focusing on the evolution of state control and imperial administration in the same territory; approached in a rigorous and historically grounded fashion over a wide extent of historical time from late antiquity to the twentieth century. The empires of Rome, Byzantium, the Ottomans and the latter-day imperialists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, all inherited or seized and sought to develop overlapping parts of a common territorial base in the Eastern Mediterranean and all struggled to contain, control or otherwise alter the political, cultural and spiritual allegiances of the same indigenous population groups that were brought under their rule and administration. The task undertaken in Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean is to investigate the balance between continuity and change adopted at various historical conjunctures when new imperial regimes were established and to expose common features and shared approaches to the challenge of imperial rule that united otherwise divergent societies and imperial administrations. The work incorporates the contributions by twelve scholars, each leading practitioners in their respective fields and each contributing their particular insights on the shared theme of imperial identity and legacy in the Mediterranean World of the pagan, Christian and Muslim eras.