The Art of Persuasion: Political Propaganda from Aeneas to Brutus

by: DeRose Evans, J.

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Is political propaganda intended to be deceitful? Is it just a means of persuasion, of informing its audience where their best interests lie? The Art of Persuasion boldly examines this difficult and controversial question in the context of Republican Rome. With references to the book's numerous illustrations, Jane Evans convincingly argues that the images with which Romans adorned the buildings they sponsored, the types they struck on their coins, and the works of art they commissioned began to contain self-promoting references considerably earlier than scholars have generally thought." "Through individual studies of famous legends--the wolf and twins, the founding of Rome by Aeneas--the author reveals that men were increasingly interested in tracing their descent from divinities, in claiming the noble charac-teristics[sic] of their putative ancestors, and in seeking other ways to improve their social standing and political opportunities. This important and controversial book will be of interest to students of Roman society and history, art historians, numismatists, and all those interested in the dynamics between those in power and those not.

1. The Problem of Propaganda in Ancient Rome
2. Propaganda and the Coins
3. Aeneas
4. The Wolf and Twins
5. Romulus
6. The Forum Augustum
7. The Sabines and Rome
8. Numa and Ancus Marcius
9. Brutus
10. Conclusions

Subjects:
15.52 Roman Empire
510-30 B.C
Art romain Aspect politique
Art, Political aspects
Art, Roman Political aspects
Geschichte 510 v. Chr.-30 v. Chr
Kunst
Politics and government
Propaganda
Propaganda in art
Propaganda, Roman
Propagande dans l'art
Propagande romaine
Retorica
Rome (Empire)
Rome Politics 510-30 B.C
Rome Politics and government 510-30 B.C
Rome Politique et gouvernement 510-30 av. J.-C
Römisches Reich

The Art of Persuasion: Political Propaganda from Aeneas to Brutus

by: DeRose Evans, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780472102822 / 978-0-472-10282-2
• ISBN-03: 0472102826 / 0-472-10282-6
• The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1992

Price: 42,85 EURO

1 copy in stock