Pomp and Perversion

Summary Alistair elaborates how imperial art evolved, away from republican simplicity. Since Augustus, public art served to demonstrate the might of Rome and the emperor. The whole elite preferring private art, more refined and tailoring to their taste for shameless eroticism up to orgiastic debauchery and savage cruelty, both reflecting the excesses of the Julian first dynasty, from Tiberius and Caligula to Nero and Claudius, with stunning cameos and palatial lust villas. Shortly after came the golden age of grand emperors who completed the conquests, posing for the very grandest art as part of a true cults of deified emperors, and indulging in huge private luxury, culminating in Hadrian's Tiburtine complex.

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Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Alastair Sooke Vito Zagarrio Leo Stevenson Richard Beacham

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Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 9, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Summary Alistair elaborates how imperial art evolved, away from republican simplicity. Since Augustus, public art served to demonstrate the might of Rome and the emperor. The whole elite preferring private art, more refined and tailoring to their taste for shameless eroticism up to orgiastic debauchery and savage cruelty, both reflecting the excesses of the Julian first dynasty, from Tiberius and Caligula to Nero and Claudius, with stunning cameos and palatial lust villas. Shortly after came the golden age of grand emperors who completed the conquests, posing for the very grandest art as part of a true cults of deified emperors, and indulging in huge private luxury, culminating in Hadrian's Tiburtine complex.

Details

Genres : History Documentary

Release date : Sep 9, 2012

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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