The two silver skyphoi commonly known as the Boscoreale Cups of Augustus and Tiberius are indispensable for providing the documentation of one of the only two cycles of Roman imperial state reliefs to survive from the Julio-Claudian period. This is an examination of these historical treasures. Kuttner studies the Cups not only from the standpoint of art history, but also as they relate to Augustan ideology and politics. When she began work on this book, the whereabouts of the Cups was unknown, and she had to rely on the ...
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The two silver skyphoi commonly known as the Boscoreale Cups of Augustus and Tiberius are indispensable for providing the documentation of one of the only two cycles of Roman imperial state reliefs to survive from the Julio-Claudian period. This is an examination of these historical treasures. Kuttner studies the Cups not only from the standpoint of art history, but also as they relate to Augustan ideology and politics. When she began work on this book, the whereabouts of the Cups was unknown, and she had to rely on the illustrations in "Monuments et Memoires". The rediscovery of the Cups at the Louvre in late 1990 has allowed Kuttner to examine them directly.
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