by Mary Beard · Editorial Crítica · tapa dura · ISBN 9788491993391
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«Doce césares» is the historical essay by Mary Beard, published by Editorial Crítica in hardcover (456 pages, in Spanish).
Mary Beard analyzes how the portraits of the Roman emperors, from Julius Caesar to Domitian, have conditioned the representation of power in the West for two millennia. The richly illustrated essay traverses the history of art and culture, from Mantegna to the present, and shows how fallen leaders are caricatured as Neros.
Translated from English by Silvia Furió, it was published in October 2021 in the Serie Mayor collection. Subtitle: «La representación del poder desde el mundo antiguo hasta la actualidad».
For general readers interested in the history of Rome, art, and the symbolic construction of power.
Mary Ritter Beard was an American historian, author, women's suffrage activist, and women's history archivist who was also a lifelong advocate of social justice. As a Progressive Era reformer, Beard was active in both the labor and women's rights movements. She also authored several books on women's role in history including On Understanding Women (1931), America Through Women's Eyes, and Woman as Force in History: A Study in Traditions and Realities (1946), her major work. In addition, she collaborated with her husband, historian Charles Austin Beard, as coauthor of seven textbooks, most notably The Rise of American Civilization (1927), two volumes, and America in Midpassage: A Study of the Idea of Civilization (1939) and The American Spirit (1942), the third and fourth volume of The Rise of American Civilization series. A standalone book, Basic History of the United States, was their best-selling work.
