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| Portrait of Marcus Aurelius |
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170 AD
Heavy drilled locks, and beards, heavy upper eyelid and sad expression. |
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160-9
Resembles MA, although they were not actually brothers, empty expression, long narrow face, delicate, curls overwhelm face. |
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| Full-length naked portrait of Lucius Verus |
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160-9
Shown as athlete or hero. Recalls Greek portraiture. Grand gesture with hand. |
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| Painted portrait of a young man |
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160-170
From Egypt. Wood boards were painted with the head of the deceased. Board was placed on the mummy and wrapped in linen cloth to leave the painted face showing. Careful observation of personal feature. |
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| Marcus Aurelius on Horseback |
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164-6
Thought to picture Constantine, naturalistic head, reveals the sensitive personality through careful modeling of the face. Gilded, one hand extended as he addresses the crowd.
Large, nobel horse. |
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| Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina |
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Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161
Emperor and wife riding on Jupiter, Personification of figures, the emperor and his wife are small. Classical scene. |
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Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161
Part of the funerary exercise?, horses are riding in a circle around the infantrymen, short and stubby characters, sharp contrast to classical proportions. |
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| Submission to the barbarians to Marcus Aurelius |
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176-182
Relief from a triumphal arch, emperor on horseback, other military figure around, pose is similar to bronze ES. Enemies shown kneeling, |
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| Column of Marcus Aurelius |
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Rome, 180-192
The Miracle of the rain
Rain god, identifies place, growing mysticism of Roman people, because the emphasis on miraculous salvation.
The emperor addresses his troops (8.29)
Masterful treatment of space, frontal, side, and back views, but emphasis on frontal view on the emperor. One step closer to the increasing use of fronatlity in Roman art.
Bust of Commodus as Hercules, 190 (8.40)
Resembles MA, textures of animal skins contrasts with skin. Megalomania! |
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