Twelve Caesars

Twelve CaesarsAuthor: Mary Beard ISBN: 9780691225876 Publisher: Princeton University Press Year first published: 01 Sep 2023 Pages: 392 Format: Paperback softback 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 two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in

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