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  title info:
    title: Engraved gems and propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus
  name:
    name part: Gołyźniak, Paweł
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2020
    copyright date: 2020
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: viii, 606 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm.
  abstract: Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus' deals with small, but highly captivating and stimulating artwork - engraved gemstones. Although in antiquity intaglios and cameos had multiple applications (seals, jewellery or amulets), the images engraved upon them are snapshots of people's beliefs, ideologies, and everyday occupations. They cast light on the self-advertising and propaganda actions performed by Roman political leaders, especially Octavian/Augustus, their factions and other people engaged in the politics and social life of the past. Gems can show both general trends (the specific showpieces like State Cameos) as well as the individual and private acts of being involved in politics and social affairs, mainly through a subtle display of political allegiances, since they were objects of strictly personal use. They enable us to analyse and learn about Roman propaganda and various social behaviours from a completely different angle than coins, sculpture or literature. The miniaturism of ancient gems is in inverse proportion to their cultural significance. This book presents an evolutionary model of the use of engraved gems from self-presentation (3rd-2nd century BC) to personal branding and propaganda purposes in the Roman Republic and under Augustus (until 14 AD). The wide scope of this analysis provides a comprehensive picture of Roman propaganda and a critical survey of the overinterpretations of this term in regard to the glyptic art. The aim is the incorporation of this class of archaeological artefacts into the well-established studies of Roman propaganda, brought about by discussion of the interconnections with ancient literary sources as well as other categories of Roman art and craftsmanship, notably coins but also sculpture and relief.
  note: Paweł Gołyźniak.
  note: Available online.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 587-601) and indexes.
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  subject:
    topic: Glyptics
    geographic: Rome
  subject:
    topic: Gem carving
    geographic: Rome
  subject:
    topic: Cameos, Classical
    geographic: Rome
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Global Environmental Monitoring System
    geographic: Rome
  subject:
    topic: Propaganda, Roman
  subject:
    geographic: Rome
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Propaganda, Roman
  subject:
    geographic: Rome (Empire)
  classification: NK5565 .G65 2020
  classification: 736.20938
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 65
  identifier: 9781789695397
  identifier: 1789695392
  identifier: 9781789695403 (PDF ebook)
  location:
    physical location: pda,print
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 200426
    record change date: 20250318220442.2
    record identifier: in00004351885
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng