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Head of Tiberius

Egypt

first century

marble

^{Idealized, youthful, smooth}

Augustus seated among gods

silver

1st century

Boscoreale

granting clemency

Triumph of Tiberius

first cent

silver

Boscoreale

riding chariot symbolizing military victory

Gemma Augustea

first cent

onyx

scorpion was a symbol of Tiberius

Stepping down from chariot looking toward Augustus, symbolizing Jupiter looking to god 

Grand Camée de France

first cent

onyx

Imperial Propaganda and Legitimacy, Military Triumph, Apotheosis and Cosmic Order

Claudius in the Guise of Jupiter

1st cent

marble

Lanuvium

he ruled earth as jupiter ruled sky

mix of idealism and realism

old face, young body

Julio Claudian Dynastic

Ravena

Augustus on the right, star signifying divinity

then livia

each portrait was personalized

Gemma Claudia

1st cent

onyx

Claudius and Agrippina the Younger

Treasury of Atreus

13th cent BCE

Greece

corbelling aka stacking stones

courses / horizontal rows of stones

beehive shaped

oculus

4th style

rome

1st cent

frescoe

style introduced under nero

Head of Vespasian

1st cent marble

deified after death

smiling, wrinkles in verism showing age and wisdom

Bust of Domitian

1st cent

rome

marble

extravagant. erased from history

bust of a woman

rome

1st cent

marble

youth and beauty, idealism

paint removed

statue of a woman in the guise of venus

rome

first cent

marble

greek and roman style fusion

facade of the colosseum

rome

first cent

concrete

Arch of titus

rome

marble

first cent

built by domnitian to honour his brother titus

Profectio of Domnitian

1st cent

marble

rome

exit from rome for battle, discarded

Equestrian statue of Dominitian

miseno

1st cent

bronze

Adventus of Vespian

first cent

marble

rome

entry to rome after battle, discarded

Apollonios of Athens

Herculaneum

first cent

bronze

reflect values of elite and weatlh culture and knowledge

Bust of a philosopher

Herculaneum

first cent

bronze

reflect values of elite and weatlh culture and knowledge

Gardenscape

third style

triclinium

pompeii

first cent

love for nature, divided into 3 parts mixed styles

fourth style

triclinium

pompeii

first cent

main dining room, many greek myths

third and 4th

Perseus and Andromeda

fresco

pompeii

first cent

perseus rescuing andromeda

possibly a lost greek masterpiece

Trajan as imperator

Ostia

marble

2nd cent

depicted as an older man, age he was when he became emperor

Funerary relief of a circus official

Ostia

2nd cent

Marble

stands out bc the style diffres

charrioter appears multiple times

depicts official and wife showing the afterlife

enduring connection of marriage

Hadrian as Imperator

Greece

2nd cent

marble

idealized features, athena standing on she wolf

military conquest

Antinous in the guise of an Egyptian pharaoh

Tivoli

2nd cent

Marble

egyptian and greek influences

Adlocutio

2nd cent

Marble

Rome

hadrians connection to trajan

Burning of debt records

2nd cent

Marble

Rome

hadrian deleted peoples debt

Apotheosis of Sabrina

Second century

Marble

Rome

first example of a woman being deified

Boar hunt and sacrifice to Apollo

Rome

2nd cent

Marble

divine favour

Bust of Marcus Aurelius

Rome

2nd century

marble

Bust of Marcus Aurelius

Rome

2nd century

marble

Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius

Rome

2nd century

bronze

Bust of Commodus in the guise of Hercules

rome

2nd cent

marble

Column of antoninus pius

Rome

2nd cent

marble

Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder

Rome

2nd cent

marble

Funerary pyre of Antoninus Pius

2nd cent

gold

Column of Marcus Aurelius

Rome

2nd cent

marble

Julio-Claudian dynasty

Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero

Tiberius

Son of Augustus, deified him

tyrannical

portraits based on Augustus

Caligula

Cruel, depraved, assassinated in 4 years

few portraits survive

Claudius

Caligula’s uncle

chosen as emperor by praetorian guard 

nero

new style departure form old

Flavian dynasty

Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian

5 good emperors

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius