Ara Pacis:
C. 13-9 BC
Marble, 34'5", view of west side
Originally located on the Tiber River
Aligned with a giant sundial
Celebrated Augustus as a warrior and a peacemaker
Rectangular with an enclosed alter, entrance is through a flight of stairs on the west wall
Flowers suspended in swags from bucrania surround alter
(bucrania (ox skulls) symbolize sacrificial offerings)
Augustus of Primaporta
Early 1st Century
Marble, 6'8"
Combination of Greek idealism and Roman individuality
Discovered in a villa belonging to Augustus's wife
Demonstrates creative assimilation of earlier sculptural traditions into a new context
Idealization of a specific ruler and his prowess
Cupid, the son of Venus rides a dolphin next to his leg
Reference to the claim that the emperor's family were descendants of Venus
Bare feet represent elevation to divine status
Aulus Metellus
Pergia: Late 2nd or early 1st BC
Bronze, 5'1"
Originally known as The Orator
Pose is expressive of authority and persuasiveness
Maison Caree
Nimes: C. 20 BC
Early imperial temple
Large and richly decorated
Dedicated to the grandsons of Augustus
Uses opulant Corinthian order
Temple dedicated to Portunus
Rome: 2nd Century BC
Located on the Tibur River and dedicated to
Rectangular cella and a porch at one end reached by a single flight of stairs
Ionic columns, colonnade across entrance, engaged around building
Port du Gard
Nimes: 1st century BC
900 foot span rising 180 feet above the Gard River
Originally an aqueduct
Conveys the balance, proportion, and rhythmic harmony of a great work of art
Musician and Dancers
Tomb and the Lionesses, Tarquinia C.480-470 BC
Mural in a tomb
Painted frieze
Woman portrayed as active participants
Etruscan had ability to suggest that their subjects inhabit a bright world beyond the tomb walls
Column of Trajan, Rome
113-116 or after 117 CE
Marble, 125'
Height may have recorded the depth of the excavation required to build the Forum of Trajan
Topped with gilded bronze statue
Involved more than 2,500 individual figures linked by landscape, architecture
3 comments:
The Ara Pacis is on the Tiber now - I am pretty sure that was not the original location of the altar.
There is a lot of information for the Ara Pacis here:
http://www.ara-pacis-museum.com/
I'm sure it was there originally. They moved it closer to the Tiber, but it was in the area.
Ciao Christina - yes - it was near the river (actually covered by the silt eventually) - but was moved quite a bit when rediscovered:
"(3.) When the Ara Pacis was reconstructed, on Mussolini's instructions, it was moved considerably to the north of its original location and rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise to align with the mausoleum of Augustus. By convention, modern discussions of the structure refer to its original Orientation. Several studies have pointed out inaccuracies in the 1930s reconstruction: Diane A. Conlin, "The Reconstruction of Antonia Minor on the Ara Pacis Augustae," Journal of Roman Archaeology 5 (1992): 209-15; and Gerhard Koeppel, "The Third Man: Restoration Problems on the North Frieze of the Ara Pacis Augustae," Journal of Roman Archaeology 5 (1992): 216-17."
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-84192627.html
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