Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire write by Julia C. Fischer. This book was released on 2024-04-10. Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study examines the five extant large Imperial cameos of the Early Roman Empire as a coherent whole, revealing that these gemstones were a referential group with complex interrelationships. Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire offers a feminist theory that explains why large Imperial cameos were in dialogue and why the medium appears with Octavian and disappears by the Flavian dynasty: female Imperial family members commissioned them to advance their husbands and sons. This volume is an introduction to large Imperial cameos and reveals their importance for the understanding of Roman art and iconography and the implications of its theorized Imperial female patronage. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, classics, and archaeology.
Private Propaganda
Private Propaganda - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Private Propaganda write by Julia Claire Fischer. This book was released on 2014. Private Propaganda available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The contribution of this dissertation to the field of Roman art is threefold. First, this dissertation examines exclusively the iconography of large Roman Imperial cameos. While previous scholars have thoroughly examined individual Roman Imperial cameos and their iconography, I address the cameos as a coherent group. In this way, I reveal how large Imperial cameos are in conversation with one another and are referential. That is, the Gemma Augustea is a response to the Tazza Farnese and the Grand Camee is a response to the Gemma Augustea. Second, my study of the iconography of Roman Imperial cameos reveals a language of private propaganda that is different from the public art seen by the general population. In particular, I analyze the iconography of large Imperial cameos for what the private symbolism says about Octavian/Augustus, and the Julio-Claudians. For example, in cameos emperors and members of the Imperial family had the freedom to present themselves, and their family members, how they truly wished to be viewed, versus art in the public sphere in which the emperor and his family had to adhere to certain criteria. Finally, this study will illuminate the importance of these Roman Imperial cameos in understanding the development of Roman Imperial art. The iconography of Roman Imperial cameos follows Goran Hermeren's four stages of the development of symbols. In these four stages of development, Imperial cameos experiment with transmitting new Imperial messages that will become common in subsequent dynasties. In other words, the Tazza Farnese, Gemma Augustea, and Grand Camee de France serve as an iconographic testing ground for the Julio-Claudians. Furthermore, perhaps the most important contribution of this dissertation is that these large Imperial cameos, which are for all intents and purposes private works of art, actually address a broad cultural sphere. In other words, the style and iconography of the Tazza Farnese, Gemma Augustea, and Grand Camee de France are Hellenistic and Imperial in orientation rather than being very limited in their scope.
Behind the Scenes of the New Testament
Behind the Scenes of the New Testament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Behind the Scenes of the New Testament write by Bruce W. Longenecker. This book was released on 2024-11-05. Behind the Scenes of the New Testament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of New Testament backgrounds studies in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner. Drawing on the expertise of specialists in the areas of archaeological, historical, and biblical studies, this book provides concise treatments of a wide breadth of topics related to the world of the early Christ followers. The book offers compact overviews of key historical issues, facilitating enriched understandings of the significance and force of the texts of the New Testament in their original contexts. Meant to be used alongside traditional literature-based canonical surveys, this one-stop introduction to New Testament backgrounds fills a gap in typical introduction to the Bible courses and is ideal for undergraduate or seminary classes. It is beautifully designed and includes photographs, line drawings, maps, charts, and tables, which will facilitate its use in the classroom.
Art and Modernism in Socialist China
Art and Modernism in Socialist China - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art and Modernism in Socialist China write by Shuyu Kong. This book was released on 2024-06-06. Art and Modernism in Socialist China available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited volume will be the first book examining the art history of China’s socialist period from the perspective of modernism, modernity, and global interactions. The majority of chapters are based on newly available archival materials and fresh critical frameworks/concepts. By shifting the frame of interpretation from socialist realism to socialist modernity, this study reveals the plurality of the historical process of developing modernity in China, the autonomy of artistic agency, and the complexity of an art world conditioned, yet not completely confined, by its surrounding political and ideological apparatus. The unexpected global exchanges examined by many of the authors in this study and the divergent approaches, topics, and genres they present add new sources and insights to this research field, revealing an art history that is heterogeneous, pluralistic, and multi-layered. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, art and politics, and Chinese studies.
Art, Music, and Mysticism at the Fin de Siècle
Art, Music, and Mysticism at the Fin de Siècle - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art, Music, and Mysticism at the Fin de Siècle write by Corrinne Chong. This book was released on 2024-07-29. Art, Music, and Mysticism at the Fin de Siècle available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This edited volume explores the dialogue between art and music with that of mystical currents at the turn of the twentieth century. The volume draws on the most current research from both art historians and musicologists to present an interdisciplinary approach to the study of mysticism’s historical importance. The chapters in this edited volume gauge the scope of different interpretations of mysticism and illuminate how an exchange between the sister arts unveil an underlying stream of metaphysical, supernatural, and spiritual ideas over the course of the century. Case studies include Charles Tournemire, Joseph Péladan, Erik Satie, Hilma af Klint, Jean Sibelius, František Kupka, and Wassily Kandinsky. The contributors’ unique theoretical perspectives and disciplinary methodologies offer expert insight on both the rewards and inevitable aesthetic complications that arise when one artform meets another. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, musicology, visual culture, and mysticism.
