Susan Wood
Susan Wood may refer to: * Susan Wood (visual artist) (1953–2018), Canadian artist *Susan Wood (literary scholar) (1948–1980), Canadian professor, critic, and science fiction fan *Susan Wood (poet) (born 1946), professor at Rice University *Susan Wood (pharmacologist) (1952–1998), British pharmacologist and medical regulator * Susan Wood (photographer) (born 1932), American photographer * Susan F. Wood, American public health professor *Susan Wood (television presenter), former news presenter from New Zealand *Susan Buxton Wood (1918–2006), British writer, philanthropist *Susan Wood (New Zealand writer) (1836–1880) * Susan Selina Wood, birth name of the New Zealand administrator known as Mimie Wood (1888–1979) Provided by WikipediaImperial women : a study in public images, 40 B.C.-A.D. 68 /
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From the end of the Roman Republic to the death of the last Julio-Claudian emperor, portraits of women - on coins, public monuments, and private luxury objects - became an increasingly familiar sight throughout the empire. These women usually represented the distinguished bloodlines of the head of the state, or his hopes for succession, but in every case, their images were freighted with political significance. These objects also communicated social messages about the appropriate roles, behavior, and self-presentation of women. This volume traces the emergence and development of the public female portrait, from Octavia, the first Roman woman to be represented in propria persona on coinage, to the formidable and ambitious Agrippina the Younger, whose assassination demonstrated to later women the limits of official power they could demand.
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1 online resource (xi, 370 pages, [119] pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-345) and index. :
9789004351288 :
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