Mary Beard
Author
Language
English
Description
Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a "mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war" that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from Spain to Syria. Yet how did all this emerge from what was once an insignificant village in central Italy? In S.P.Q.R., world-renowned classicist Mary Beard narrates...
Author
Series
A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts volume 2011
Bollingen volume 60
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
Bollingen volume 60
The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating 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? In this book-against a background of today's "sculpture wars"-Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Mary Beard examines the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuries, and some thirty emperors, that separate him from the boy-king Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Beard also explores Roman fictions of imperial power, overturning many of the assumptions we hold as gospel,...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From prehistoric Mexico to modern Istanbul, Mary Beard looks beyond the familiar canon of Western imagery to explore the history of art, religion, and humanity. Conceived as a gorgeously illustrated accompaniment to "How Do We Look" and "The Eye of Faith, " the famed Civilisations shows on PBS, renowned classicist Mary Beard has created this elegant volume on how we have looked at art. Focusing in Part I on the Olmec heads of early Mesoamerica, the...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Kenneth Clark's 1969 mini-series "Civilisation", this nine-part documentary surveys the history of art, from antiquity to the present, emphasizing the role art and the creative imagination have played in the creation of culture and civilization.