Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire

This study examines the five extant large Imperial cameos of the Early Roman Empire as a coherent whole, revealing that these gemstones were a referential group with complex interrelationships.
Power and Propaganda in the Large Imperial Cameos of the Early Roman Empire offers a feminist theory that explains why large Imperial cameos were in dialogue and why the medium appears with Octavian and disappears by the Flavian dynasty: female Imperial family members commissioned them to advance their husbands and sons. This volume is an introduction to large Imperial cameos and reveals their importance for the understanding of Roman art and iconography and the implications of its theorized Imperial female patronage.
The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, classics, and archaeology.

List of contents

1. Large Imperial Cameos 2. Cleopatra and the Aquileia Dish 3. Livia and the Tazza Farnese 4. Livia and the Gemma Augustea 5. Agrippina the Elder and the Grand Camée de France 6. Agrippina the Younger and the Caligula and Roma Cameo Fragment 7. Agrippina the Younger, the Gemma Claudia, and the End of Large Imperial Cameos 8. The Revival of Large Imperial Cameos in the Fourth Century

About the author

Julia C. Fischer is Associate Professor of Art History at Lamar University.

Product details

• Authors: Fischer Julia C.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 26.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032324890
• ISBN: 978-1-032-32489-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, farbige Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Sociology, The arts: general issues, ART / History / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ART / Art & Politics, sculpture, Political leaders & leadership, History of Art, Social issues & processes, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Political campaigning & advertising, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Political campaigning and advertising, Social and ethical issues, Political leaders and leadership, Art styles not defined by date, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Archaeological Theory, The arts: general topics