Golden Excess: Art and the Aesthetics of the Incredible in Neronian Rome (Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 76) - Hardcover

Book 19 of 38: Brill?s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History

Varner, Eric R.

 
9789004702967: Golden Excess: Art and the Aesthetics of the Incredible in Neronian Rome (Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, 76)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004702962 ISBN 13: 9789004702967
Publisher: Brill, 2025

Synopsis

Golden Excess: Art and the Aesthetics of the Incredible in Neronian Rome is the first monograph to offer a full art historical synthesis of the rich archaeological and monumental evidence for Nero’s remarkable principate. An outsized and innovative artistic program emerges, informed by aesthetics of excess, the grotesque and learned luxury, that rivals the cultural achievements of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, and stands in stark contrast to the universally negative and disparaging accounts of Nero in ancient authors. Indeed, Neronian Rome witnessed an astonishing efflorescence in the arts whose lasting effects still resonate.

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About the Author

Eric R. Varner, Ph.D. (Yale, 1993) is Associate Professor of Art History and Classics at Emory University. He has published extensively on ancient Roman portraits, including Mutilation and Transformation: Damnatio Memoriae and Roman Imperial Portraiture (Brill, 2004).

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004702962
ISBN 13 
9789004702967
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
636