From Republic to Empire : Rhetoric, Religion, and Power in the Visual Culture of Ancient Rome, Hardcover by Pollini, John, ISBN 0806142588, ISBN-13 9780806142586, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Pollini (classical art and archaeology, U. of Southern California) assembles papers he has delivered at international conferences over the past few years, updating, revising and in some cases expanding them for publication. He takes a multipronged, interdisciplinary approach to art and artifacts of ancient Rome, and emphasizes the role of art in politics and religion. Among the topics are official and non-official modes of representing the leader and the divine; from warrior to statesman in art and ideology; Octavian Augustus and the image of Alexander the Great; the acanthus of the Ara Pacis as an Apolline and Dionysiac symbol of anamorphosis, anakyklosis, and numen mixtum; the insanity of Caligula or the insanity of the Jews: differences in perception and religious belief; and astral theology, Castorian imagery, and the dual heirs in the transmission of leadership. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()