1st Edition
Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire
By Julia C. Fischer
Copyright 2024
208 Pages
17 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
17 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
208 Pages
17 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Large Imperial Cameos 2. Cleopatra and the Aquileia Dish 3. Livia and the Tazza Farnese 4. Livia and the Gemma Augustea 5. Agrippina the Elder and the Grand Camée de France 6. Agrippina the Younger and the Caligula and Roma Cameo Fragment 7. Agrippina the Younger, the Gemma Claudia, and the End of Large Imperial Cameos 8. The Revival of Large Imperial Cameos in the Fourth Century
Biography
Julia C. Fischer is Associate Professor of Art History at Lamar University.
