Augustan Culture

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An Interpretive Introduction

By Karl Galinsky

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Augustan Culture by Karl Galinsky explores the rich cultural landscape during the reign of Augustus, focusing on the arts, literature, and politics of the era. It delves into how Augustus' rule influenced cultural expression and societal norms, providing insights into the transformative period that shaped Rome's history. The book offers a well-rounded understanding of the Augustan age's impact on Western civilisation.
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the transformative period of the Augustan era in Rome, exploring how Augustus redefined politics, culture, and art to establish a new Roman identity. Karl Galinsky provides a detailed examination of Augustus's influence on literature, monuments, and public life, making it captivating for history enthusiasts interested in the interplay between power and cultural heritage.

Augustan Culture

Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 BC to AD 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. This book presents an overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion.

An important and fascinating book. The time is right for a work that interweaves Augustan history, literature, and art, and Karl Galinsky is one of the very few scholars who has enough expertise in all three areas to do this successfully ... In sum, Augustan Culture is a book that makes the reader think and will help shape Augustan studies for the rest of the decade and well beyond. -- Diana E. E. Kleiner, Yale University

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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 presents a unified overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion.

Weaving analysis and narrative throughout an illustrated text, Galinsky provides an account of the major ideas of the age, and offers 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.

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Augustan Culture by Karl Galinsky is praised for being a thought-provoking study that successfully integrates insights from significant studies on various components of the ancient culture during the Augustan period, offering a comprehensive understanding of this influential era.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780691058900

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 February 1998

Country: United States

Imprint: Princeton University Press

Illustration: 175 halftones. 10 line illus.

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 652g

Pages: 488

Collections

Ancient & Classical History Arts & Culture Education & Reference European History History & Military Karl Galinsky Non-Fiction

About the Author

Karl Galinsky is the Floyd Cailloux Centennial Professor of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of many books including Classical and Modern Interactions: Postmodern Architecture, Multiculturalism, Decline, and Other Issues; Ovid's Metamorphoses; and Aeneas, Sicily, and Rome (Princeton).