21H.402 2005秋季课程：罗马帝王的形成(The Making of a Roman Emperor, Fall 2005)
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罗马。恺撒的宫殿（图片由美国国会图书馆，印刷品与图片部提供。复制品编号：LC-USZ62-104886黑白照片。）
Rome. Palace of the Caesars. (Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-104886 (b&w film copy neg.)])
课程重点
课程描述
本课程以奥古斯都和尼罗两个皇帝为重点，研究罗马皇帝如何通过艺术、建筑、铸币以及其它它方式来塑造和表现自己的形象，以及罗马时期残存下来的文学资源又如何巩固或推翻这种形象，还有这两种现象如何形成后古典时期对罗马皇帝的观感。研究内容涉及奥古斯都和尼罗统治时期罗马的艺术、建筑、铸币，苏埃托尼乌斯和塔西佗的著作，以及在《罗马帝国兴亡史》和《暴君焚城记》这类电影作品对皇帝的现代表达。
Focusing on the emperors Augustus and Nero, this course investigates the ways in which Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage and other media to create and project an image of themselves, the ways in which the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and the ways in which both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Material studied will include the art, architecture, and coinage of Augustan and Neronian Rome, the works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in I, Claudius and Quo Vadis.
Focusing on the emperors Augustus and Nero, this course investigates the ways in which Roman emperors used art, architecture, coinage and other media to create and project an image of themselves, the ways in which the surviving literary sources from the Roman period reinforced or subverted that image, and the ways in which both phenomena have contributed to post-classical perceptions of Roman emperors. Material studied will include the art, architecture, and coinage of Augustan and Neronian Rome, the works of Suetonius and Tacitus, and modern representations of the emperors such as those found in I, Claudius and Quo Vadis.
