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Empire of Images: Visualizing the Conquered in the Roman Republic

Empire of Images: Visualizing the Conquered in the Roman Republic

Roy, Alyson

Hardcover

Series: Appearances - Studies in Visual Research, Book 5

Art HistoryAncient RomeGeneral Art Instruction

ISBN10: 3111325342
ISBN13: 9783111325347
Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Published: Apr 1 2024
Pages: 183
Weight: 1.28
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.54 Depth: 9.37
Language: English

Rome was an empire of images, especially images that bolstered their imperial identity. Visual and material items portraying battles, myths, captives, trophies, and triumphal parades were particularly important across the Roman empire. But where did these images originate and what shaped them? Empire of Images explores the development of the Roman visual language of power in the Republic in Iberian Peninsula, the Gallic provinces, and Greece and Macedonia, centering the development of imperial imagery in overseas conquest. Drawing on a range of material evidence, this book argues that Roman imperial imagery developed through prolonged interaction with and adaptation by subjugated peoples. Despite their starring role in Roman imagery, the populations of Rome's provinces continuously reinterpreted and reimagined Roman images of power to navigate their membership in the new imperial community, and in doing so, contributed to the creation of a universal visual language that continues to shape how Rome is understood.

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