Isbn: 9780714150918 - the meroe head of augustus: british museum objects in focus (13 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 35 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AFKB; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true emperor - one of many such statues that were erected in Egyptian towns - the head was violently separated from the body and carried away in triumph by ancient Meroitic tribesman shortly after its creation. For nearly two millennia it remained buried in front of a temple in their capital city of Meroe (modern Sudan), so that worshippers ritually had to trample the face of the supreme leader of Rome. The head was recovered in 1910 and remarkably well preserved, is one of the British Museum's most treasured objects. This book reveals the significance of the head in light of Augustus' rise to power and the role of portraits in the Roman world. Accompanied by a series of new photographs that highlight the wonderful, dramatic qualities of the head, this is an absorbing introduction about a portrait which was made as a continuous reminder of the all-embracing power of Rome, yet whose fate is a graphic illustration of resistance to its rule.…

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Zustand: New. Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the Meroe Head is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar s great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14).&Uumlber den AutorThorsten Opper is curator o.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Object in Focus: The Meroe Head of Augustus | Thorsten Opper | Taschenbuch | Object in Focus | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2015 | British Museum Press | EAN 9780714150918 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …