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British Museum [Published Date: 1981]. Soft cover, 47 pp. In very good condition. Glossy black and white illustrated paper covers have light bumping ot edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations, maps; bibliography. [From back cover] Few rulers have surpassed the first Roman Emperor Augustus in the use of visual propaganda. The images he chose for his portraits, and the designs stamped on his coins or carved on his public monuments, were skilfully chosen to cloak the reality of his power by setting the benefits of his autocracy against a Republican facade. This book introduces the historical background to Augustan portraiture and illustrates the development of the Emperor's public image from the beginning of his career in 44BC to the posthumous portraits which likened him to a god.Susan Walker and Andrew Burnett are both Assistant Keepers at the British Museum. Contents include: Introduction; Ruler-Portraiture in the Greek World; Roman Attitudes to Protraits; Traditional Roman and Rebulican Portraits; The Honouring of Military Leaders; Augustus; From Octavian to Augustus; Augustus' Use of Coin Propaganda; The Mausoleum of Augustus ; Augustan Public Monuments; Private Portraits in the Age of Augustus; Augustus Founds a Dynasty; List of Illustrations; Further Reading;