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Thorsten Opper

    Thorsten Opper è curatore presso il Dipartimento di Antichità Greche e Romane del British Museum. Le sue pubblicazioni vertono sulla scultura antica e sull'antiquariato del XVIII secolo. Questo interesse suggerisce un profondo coinvolgimento con la cultura materiale dell'antichità e la storia della sua ricezione. Il lavoro di Opper esplora probabilmente come gli oggetti antichi venivano compresi, collezionati e interpretati in diversi periodi storici, collegando così lo studio archeologico alla storia del collezionismo.

    Hadrian
    Nero
    The Meroe Head of Augustus
    Hadrian
    • Hadrian

      Empire and Conflict

      Hadrian, exclusive exhibition catalogueHadrian (r. AD 117-138) is known for his restless and ambitious nature, his interest in architecture and his passion for Greece and Greek culture. This book and exhibition move beyond this image to give a new appraisal of this Emperor,Individual chapters of the book look at Hadrian the man as an individual; Hadrian the military leader and strategist; Hadrian the amateur architect who created magnificent buildings such as his villa at Tivoli; Hadrian the lover who deified his male favourite Antinous after his mysterious death in the Nile; and Hadrian the traveller who tirelessly roamed his empire and its boundaries. The book concludes with the legacy of Hadrian, including a discussion of the genesis of MargueriteYourcenar's famous Memoirs of Hadrian, about to be turned into a major Hollywood film.This important book is richly illustrated throughout with key works of art -both celebrated and less well-known sculptures, bronzes, coins and medals, drawings and watercolours

      Hadrian
    • Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the Meroe Head is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus. This book reveals the significance of the head in light of Augustus' rise to power and the role of portraits in the Roman world.

      The Meroe Head of Augustus
    • Takes a fresh look at the life of Nero (r. AD 54-68), providing insight into the inner conflicts of a Roman society in transition and challenging preconceptions of a figure dismissed by a hostile source-tradition as tyrannical, deluded and ineffectual.

      Nero
    • Ein Mann mit vielen Gesichtern Von den schottischen Lowlands bis zur Sahara, vom Atlantik bis zum Euphrat – beinahe 21 Jahre, von 117 bis 138 n. Chr., regierte Publius Aelius Hadrianus eines der mächtigsten Imperien, die die Welt je gesehen hat: Rom. Ein Liebhaber und Förderer alles Griechischen, ein vorsichtiger Politiker, dem daran gelegen war, die Grenzen seines Reiches zu sichern, ein reiselustiger Kaiser, der eine gewisse Leidenschaft für Architektur hegte: All dies sind Eigenschaften, die dem römischen Kaiser Hadrian seit jeher zugeschrieben werden. Zu Recht. Doch derselbe Mann war es auch, der im Jahr 132 n. Chr. mit außerordentlicher Brutalität gegen die Jüdische Revolte vorging, ein energischer Militär, der jeden Widerspruch rücksichtslos unterdrückte. Fundobjekte aus Museen der ganzen Welt und neueste überraschende Forschungsergebnisse machen diesen Band zu einer einzigartigen Charakterstudie der faszinierenden Persönlichkeit Hadrians.

      Hadrian