Mary Beard on TWELVE CAESARS
\u201cAnd imagine what did it feel like to think this was new? Their life, all kinds of different images as time goes on, and people in the Renaissance and later want to recreate for themselves, particularly in painting, but not always in painting\u2026.what it is to create a likeness of someone who's been dead for a millennium or more?\u201d Historian and bestselling author Mary Beard (SPQR, Women & Power, Confronting the Classics) joins us on the show to talk about her new book,\xa0Twelve Caesars, what it means to make a likeness if you\u2019ve never met your subject, power and representation and propaganda, trying to help us see under-appreciated museum displays (tapestries and coins to start) with fresh eyes, and more. Featured book:\xa0Twelve Caesars\xa0by Mary Beard. Produced/hosted by Miwa Messer and engineered by Harry Liang.
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