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Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 B.C. to A.D. 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. Although much research has been done on individual facets of Augustan culture, Karl Galinsky's book is the first in decades to present a unified overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Weaving analysis and narrative throughout a richly illustrated text, Galinsky provides not only an enjoyable account of the major ideas of the age, but also an interpretation of the creative tensions and contradictions that made for its vitality and influence. Galinsky draws on source material ranging from coins and inscriptions to the major works of poetry and art, and challenges the schematic concepts and dichotomies that have commonly been applied to Augustan culture. He demonstrates that this culture was neither monolithic nor the mere result of one man's will. Instead it was a nuanced process of evolution and experimentation. Augustan culture had many contributors, as Galinsky demonstrates, and their dynamic interactions resulted in a high point of creativity and complexity that explains the transcendence of the Augustan age. Far from being static, its sophisticated literary and artistic monuments call for the active response and involvement of the reader and viewer even today.

Rome --- Civilisation --- History --- Civilization. --- -Rome --- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Civilization --- Rome - History - Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Cultuurgeschiedenis. --- Romeinse keizertijd. --- Kultur. --- Kulturpolitik. --- Latein. --- Literatur. --- Religion. --- Kunst. --- Augustus, --- 30 B.C.-14 A.D. --- Roma --- Rome (Empire). --- Römisches Reich. --- Storia --- Intellectual life. --- Histoire --- Civilisation. --- Augustus [Roman emperor] --- Rome - Civilisation

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The Tabulae Iliacae are a group of carved stone plaques created in the context of early Imperial Rome that use miniature images and text to retell stories from Greek myth and history - chief among them Homer's Iliad and the fall of Troy. In this book, Professor Petrain moves beyond the narrow focus on the literary and iconographic sources of the Tabulae that has characterized earlier scholarship. Drawing on ancient and modern theories of narrative, he explores instead how the tablets transfer the Troy saga across both medium and culture as they create a system of visual storytelling that relies on the values and viewing habits of Roman viewers. The book comprehensively situates the tablets in the urban fabric of Augustan Rome. New photographs of the tablets, together with re-editions and translations of key inscriptions, offer a new, clearer view of these remarkable documents of the Roman appropriation of Greek epic.

Mythology, Greek, in art. --- Civilization, Homeric. --- Classical antiquities. --- Relief (Art) --- Relief (Sculpture), Roman. --- Mythologie grecque dans l'art --- Civilisation homérique --- Antiquités gréco-romaines --- Relief (Sculpture) romain --- Homer. --- Literary collections --- Ancient, Classical et Medieval --- bisacsh --- Relief (Art). --- Reliëfs. --- Inscripties. --- Receptie. --- Romeinse keizertijd. --- Iliad (Homer). --- Tabula Iliaca. --- bisacsh. --- Civilisation homérique --- Antiquités gréco-romaines --- Roman relief (Sculpture) --- 3-D painting --- Layering (Art) --- Relief art --- Relief painting --- Relief panel --- Three-dimensional painting --- Art, Modern --- Antiquities, Classical --- Antiquities, Grecian --- Antiquities, Roman --- Archaeology, Classical --- Classical archaeology --- Roman antiquities --- Antiquities --- Archaeological museums and collections --- Art, Ancient --- Classical philology --- Homeric civilization --- Homer