Children Visual Arts Imperial Rome

Title: Children Visual Arts Imperial Rome
Author: Jeannine Diddle Uzzi
Art: 1654998
ISBN: 9780521820264
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Section: Art | Subjects & Themes | General
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Publisher Description: Modern approaches to Roman imperialism have often characterized Romanzation as a benign or neutral process of cultural exchange between Roman and non-Roman, conqueror and conquered. Although supported by certain types of literary and archaeological evidence, this characterization is not reflected in the visual imagery of the Roman ruling elite. In official imperial art, Roman children are most often shown in depictions of peaceful public gatherings before the emperor, whereas non-Roman children appear only in scenes of submission, triumph, or violent military activity. Images of children, those images most fraught with potential in Roman art, underscore the contrast between Roman and non-Roman and as a group present a narrative of Roman identity. As Jeannine Diddle Uzzi argues in this 2005 study, the stark contrast between images of Roman and non-Roman children conveys the ruling elite's notions of what it meant to be Roman.