Peter J Holliday
Biographic Data
| ID | 995116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter J Holliday |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter J |
| FAMILY NAME | Holliday |
| SIGNATURE | HOLLIDAY P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Long Beach |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Power, Image, and Memory
This book examines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. It organizes twelve canonical works of representational art created in a variety of media around themes of commemoration and power. The chapters begin by describing the political and historical context for a work; then move into thick description, paying sp…
The Benin Plaques
Chapter 8 examines the so-called Benin bronzes that commemorated the wars of the Edo kings of Benin during their period of imperial expansion. Although they provide evidence for African and European cultural exchanges, they also indicate indigenous African metallurgical practices. Rather than chronicling a rigid, linear construct of history, the plaques’ narrative strategy embraces polysemy that invites multiple readings, both individually and in…
Rome, city of
Since Rome's appearance had not reflected its greatness and glory and the city itself was constantly plagued by floods and fires, Augustus so wholly remade it that he could justly claim that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. He also made it safe for posterity, as far as humanly possible.
Circuses and Hippodromes
The circus was the grandest of all sites in antiquity for public spectacles. Focusing on the development of its form reveals its origins in Greek hippodromes and Etruscan arenas for equestrian competitions. It was essentially a long, narrow racetrack designed primarily for chariot-races, but could accommodate all manner of other spectacles, including foot-races, boxing, and wrestling; because of its size and sightlines, the circus was also the mo…
American Arcadia
Discussing the influence of the classics on America is nothing new; indeed, classical antiquity could be considered second only to Christianity as a force in modeling America's national identity. What has never been explored is how, from the beginning, Californians in particular chose to visually and culturally craft their new world using the rhetoric of classical antiquity. Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and archit…
Rome, city of
Since the city's appearance had not reflected its greatness and glory and was constantly plagued by floods and fires, Augustus so wholly remade it that he could justly claim that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. He also made it safe for posterity, as far as humanly possible. (Suet. Aug . 28).
Ancient Rome
Herculaneum [now Ercolano; formerly Resina]
Sperlonga
Pompeii
The Artists of the Ara Pacis
Processional Imagery in Late Etruscan Funerary Art
This article investigates the theme of the procession of the magistrate on his journey to the Underworld in Etruscan funerary art. A number of sculpted and painted examples are collected and examined. It is shown that although the Etruscan monuments reflect the stylistic developments of contemporary Greek art, the iconography and compositional models are an Italian development and are not dependent on such outside influences. The imagery of the p…
Ad Triumphum Excolendum
Journal Article “Ad Triumphum Excolendum”: The Political Significance of Roman Historical Painting Get access PETER JAMES HOLLIDAY PETER JAMES HOLLIDAY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, October 1980, Pages 3–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/3.2.3 Published: 01 October 1980
Processional Imagery in Late Etruscan Funerary Art
This article investigates the theme of the procession of the magistrate on his journey to the Underworld in Etruscan funerary art. A number of sculpted and painted examples are collected and examined. It is shown that although the Etruscan monuments reflect the stylistic developments of contemporary Greek art, the iconography and compositional models are an Italian development and are not dependent on such outside influences. The imagery of the p…
Ad Triumphum Excolendum
Journal Article “Ad Triumphum Excolendum”: The Political Significance of Roman Historical Painting Get access PETER JAMES HOLLIDAY PETER JAMES HOLLIDAY Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Art Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2, October 1980, Pages 3–10, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxartj/3.2.3 Published: 01 October 1980
Processional Imagery in Late Etruscan Funerary Art
This article investigates the theme of the procession of the magistrate on his journey to the Underworld in Etruscan funerary art. A number of sculpted and painted examples are collected and examined. It is shown that although the Etruscan monuments reflect the stylistic developments of contemporary Greek art, the iconography and compositional models are an Italian development and are not dependent on such outside influences. The imagery of the p…
The Artists of the Ara Pacis
Ancient Rome
Herculaneum [now Ercolano; formerly Resina]
Sperlonga
Pompeii
Rome, city of
Since the city's appearance had not reflected its greatness and glory and was constantly plagued by floods and fires, Augustus so wholly remade it that he could justly claim that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. He also made it safe for posterity, as far as humanly possible. (Suet. Aug . 28).
American Arcadia
Discussing the influence of the classics on America is nothing new; indeed, classical antiquity could be considered second only to Christianity as a force in modeling America's national identity. What has never been explored is how, from the beginning, Californians in particular chose to visually and culturally craft their new world using the rhetoric of classical antiquity. Through a lively exploration of material culture, literature, and archit…
Circuses and Hippodromes
The circus was the grandest of all sites in antiquity for public spectacles. Focusing on the development of its form reveals its origins in Greek hippodromes and Etruscan arenas for equestrian competitions. It was essentially a long, narrow racetrack designed primarily for chariot-races, but could accommodate all manner of other spectacles, including foot-races, boxing, and wrestling; because of its size and sightlines, the circus was also the mo…
Rome, city of
Since Rome's appearance had not reflected its greatness and glory and the city itself was constantly plagued by floods and fires, Augustus so wholly remade it that he could justly claim that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble. He also made it safe for posterity, as far as humanly possible.
Power, Image, and Memory
This book examines a wide variety of artistic traditions, showing how art commemorating historical events can shape collective memory, and with it, the identities of social groups and nations. It organizes twelve canonical works of representational art created in a variety of media around themes of commemoration and power. The chapters begin by describing the political and historical context for a work; then move into thick description, paying sp…
The Benin Plaques
Chapter 8 examines the so-called Benin bronzes that commemorated the wars of the Edo kings of Benin during their period of imperial expansion. Although they provide evidence for African and European cultural exchanges, they also indicate indigenous African metallurgical practices. Rather than chronicling a rigid, linear construct of history, the plaques’ narrative strategy embraces polysemy that invites multiple readings, both individually and in…
Art (7 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Physics (3 works) · Brick (2 works)