Doce césares: La representación del poder desde el mundo antiguo hasta la actualidad
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- Author：Mary Beard
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Summary
La fascinante historia de cómo las imágenes de los emperadores romanos han influido en el arte， la cultura y la representación del poder durante más de dos mil años。
¿Cómo es el rostro del poder？ ¿A quién se representa en el arte y por qué？ En esta obra singular， Mary Beard –seguramente la clasicista más prestigiosa de nuestros días- cuenta la historia de cómo durante más de dos milenios los retratos de los ricos， poderosos y famosos del mundo occidental han sido moldeados a partir de la imagen de los emperadores romanos， especialmente los Doce Césares。 Desde el despiadado Julio César hasta el cruel Domiciano， el poder se representa a imitación del arte clásico y los dirigentes caídos en desgracia a menudo son caricaturizados como Nerones tocando el violín mientras Roma arde。
Comenzando con la importancia de los retratos imperiales en la política romana， este libro ricamente ilustrado nos ofrece un recorrido a través de dos mil años de historia del arte y la cultura， presentando una mirada fresca a las obras de artistas desde Mantegna hasta la actualidad， así como por generaciones de tejedores， ebanistas， plateros， impresores y ceramistas。 Más que la historia de una simple repetición de imágenes de hombres y mujeres imperiales， Doce césares es una historia sorprendente de identidades cambiantes， identificaciones erróneas deliberadas o desorientadas， falsificaciones y， a menudo， representaciones ambivalentes de la autoridad。
¿Cómo es el rostro del poder？ ¿A quién se representa en el arte y por qué？ En esta obra singular， Mary Beard –seguramente la clasicista más prestigiosa de nuestros días- cuenta la historia de cómo durante más de dos milenios los retratos de los ricos， poderosos y famosos del mundo occidental han sido moldeados a partir de la imagen de los emperadores romanos， especialmente los Doce Césares。 Desde el despiadado Julio César hasta el cruel Domiciano， el poder se representa a imitación del arte clásico y los dirigentes caídos en desgracia a menudo son caricaturizados como Nerones tocando el violín mientras Roma arde。
Comenzando con la importancia de los retratos imperiales en la política romana， este libro ricamente ilustrado nos ofrece un recorrido a través de dos mil años de historia del arte y la cultura， presentando una mirada fresca a las obras de artistas desde Mantegna hasta la actualidad， así como por generaciones de tejedores， ebanistas， plateros， impresores y ceramistas。 Más que la historia de una simple repetición de imágenes de hombres y mujeres imperiales， Doce césares es una historia sorprendente de identidades cambiantes， identificaciones erróneas deliberadas o desorientadas， falsificaciones y， a menudo， representaciones ambivalentes de la autoridad。
Reviews
A Bushra
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This book is quite astonishing。 How an author can start with fascinating themes like classical antiquity， the twelve Caesars， roman politics， revolution， and wars， and turn it into such a mind-numbingly tedious digression on paintings， engravings， coins， and what this or that art historian might have thought about the authenticity of this sculpture。。。OMG who cares。。。。Message to my two weeks younger self: no， it won't get any less boring after the first chapter。 This book is quite astonishing。 How an author can start with fascinating themes like classical antiquity， the twelve Caesars， roman politics， revolution， and wars， and turn it into such a mind-numbingly tedious digression on paintings， engravings， coins， and what this or that art historian might have thought about the authenticity of this sculpture。。。OMG who cares。。。。Message to my two weeks younger self: no， it won't get any less boring after the first chapter。 。。。more
Henk
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Erudite and full of the enthusiasm of the author for the topic。 The varied （mis）representation of the 12 Emperors of Suetonius in the arts is fascinating， but despite my interest in both Rome and art history I found the book at times rather byzantineIf we take the trouble to dig beneath the surface， and it's some trouble， an intriguing story emergesMary Beard dives into the depiction of The Twelve Caesars as described by Suetonius in arts of the 13th till 18th century。Even today Caesars are bein Erudite and full of the enthusiasm of the author for the topic。 The varied （mis）representation of the 12 Emperors of Suetonius in the arts is fascinating， but despite my interest in both Rome and art history I found the book at times rather byzantineIf we take the trouble to dig beneath the surface， and it's some trouble， an intriguing story emergesMary Beard dives into the depiction of The Twelve Caesars as described by Suetonius in arts of the 13th till 18th century。Even today Caesars are being recreated and re-energized in modern art， but the highlights in Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern are related to the meandering， sometimes astoundingly intricate and fuzzy， marred by fires and shipwrecked， not to mention retouching by other artists， histories of baroque art pieces through the courts of Europe。 She shows how these marble busts， a typical Roman type of depiction as compared to the full body Greek statues， have been seen as both a backing of absolute monarchical rule as a warning against its excesses。 Even more interesting is that due to the proliferation of imperial art and statues as opposed to the earlier republican art， that even staunch republicans have used the imaginary of the Caesars as propaganda means。A lot of the books dives into how hard it is to correctly attribute finds from the Roman world to the various Caesars。 This is also largely dependent on the period that the emperors ruled， with Augustus having 10 times more depictions known than Julius Caesar， and attributions of busts going from Old Man， to Emperor， to Unknown Old Man once more in the span of centuries。No biological son inherited the imperial throne in the first hundred years of empire。Augustus is of pivotal importance， with his idealised， forever young portrait like a reversed The Picture of Dorian Grey of the real emperor。The tidbits about emperors are a highlight of the book。 For instance Beard tells us how Vespasianus introducing a tax on urine after a civil war is linked to the the saying “money doesn’t stink”。The importance of coins as source of depiction and impact on western portraiture is also interesting。 Nowadays coin cabinets are decidedly out of fashion to modern museumgoers， but for a very long time these were the pivotal depictions known of each of the emperors。Another topic touched upon is how the twelve Caesars could be seen as a worldly pendant to the apostles， and how for instance Wedgewood capitalised on a desire of collectors to finish their "set" of emperors by specific production。Also how historical subjects depicted in then modern dress changed to modern day sitters being depicted in Roman dress in the 16th century is fascinating。So there is a lot to enjoy in the book， but at times I feel the narrative would have worked much better when Beard would have focused on fewer pieces and had been more clear on the overall narrative to impress upon the reader。 Even though I am very much interested in both the Romans and Art History， the book assumes a very firm knowledge aforehand of the reader about both subjects and at time I found the book rather byzantine and confusing， despite all of the zest Mary Beard brings to the tale。 。。。more
Wouter
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