Power, Image, and Memory

Historical Subjects in Art

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvPeter J. Holliday,Long Beach) Holliday, Peter J. (Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Classical Archaeology, Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Classical Archaeology, California State University,Peter J Holliday

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Those who write history determine its narrative, whether through written text or through the visual language of art and public monuments. Power, Image, and Memory examines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. From the Mesopotamians to the present day, leaders and societies have used art to frame and memorialize important events. This account establishes a dialogue among traditions in a series of case studies, ranging from the reliefs at Ramses' temple at Abu Simbel and the ancient Greek "Alexander Mosaic" to the Heian Period Japanese scroll of the Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, the Benin Bronzes, Diego Velázquez's Surrender at Breda, and Picasso's Guernica. Weaving together meticulous historic detail, theory, and visual analysis, this volume offers a complex picture of the power of art and memory, as well as of the life of these monuments and messages over time, distanced from their original cultures and context. With insights relevant to contemporary debates reexamining historic monuments, Power, Image, and Memory sheds new light on the power of art to shape social memory and identity.

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Utgivningsdatum2024-06-19
Mått188 x 249 x 30 mm
Vikt794 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor288
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190901080

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Peter J. Holliday is Professor Emeritus of the History of Art and Classical Archaeology, California State University, Long Beach. Issues concerning the reception and appropriation of artistic sources, of how one culture interprets and utilizes the artistic practices of another, inform his books and articles in the Art Bulletin, American Journal of Archaeology, Etruscan Studies, J. Paul Getty Museum Journal, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, and other scholarly venues. He has received awards from the American Academy in Rome, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities.

IntroductionChapter OneThe Victory Stele of Naram-Sîn:The Genesis of a Commemorative TraditionChapter TwoThe Temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel:Message Control in Ancient EgyptChapter ThreeThe Alexander Mosaic:Democracy and Dynasty in Greek Commemorative PracticeChapter FourThe Column of Trajan:Images of Power at Empire's Center and EdgeChapter FiveThe Bayeux Embroidery:Threads of Memory in Medieval EnglandChapter SixThe Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace:Unscrolling the Warrior Ethos in Medieval JapanChapter SevenThe Battle of San Romano:Painting and the Perpetuation of Memory in Renaissance FlorenceChapter EightThe Benin Plaques:Displaced Memories of an African EmpireChapter NineThe Hünername:Identity and Legacy at the Ottoman CourtChapter TenThe Surrender of Breda:Private Memory and Public Gesture in Baroque SpainChapter ElevenThe Death of General Wolfe:Fashioning Imperial and Colonial Identities in the AmericasChapter TwelveGuernica:Modernism and Picasso's "Blasted Allegory"ConclusionsInto the History of ArtBibliographyIndex

"In this nimble, extraordinarily wide-ranging, and original work, Peter Holliday offers twelve case studies in how works of narrative art can promote and serve those in power, not just commemorating historical events but in essence creating them. From the Stele of Naram-Sin to Guernica, from New Kingdom Egypt to Medieval Japan, from ancient Greeks to Renaissance Florentines, Holliday engages not merely the history of art, but the art of history-how art represents and reconstructs history and persuades the viewer of certain political realities. Well-informed and highly readable, it will find its place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in political art through time and around the world."

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