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13 | Julia with a dramatic, curling hairstyle. A diadem | 0 |
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originally inlaid with materials such as gold, silver, |
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or gems marked her imperial status. Julia would have |
3 | In terms of style, when Rome conquered Greece, they | 0 |
worn earrings, probably made of gold, which are now |
"adopted" and "borrowed" their |
missing; the small holes at either side of her neck |
artistic concepts - thus continuing the tradition of |
indicate the original presence of a now-missing |
cultural greatness. By this time, people were in the |
necklace. Traces of paint preserved in Julia's curls |
habit of collecting art and placing it in their villas |
show that her hair was originally a reddish color. The |
so it was best not to rock the boat - so to speak. |
deeply drilled curls and chiaroscuro effect are typical |
Generally speaking, Roman artworks (specifically those |
of Roman sculpture in this period. Portraits of the |
works which are now considered to have been the first |
women in the imperial family set fashions for the |
civic sculptures) were created to glorify those in |
entire Roman Empire. A hairstyle worn by an empress or |
charge. It was thought that the best way to do this was |
princess would soon appear on portraits of ladies of |
to make the art big --- really big. And so, arches, |
the imperial court and then spread out through the rest |
buildings and statues (eight and a half foot tall busts |
of Roman society as a sign of taste and status. |
were not uncommon), dwarfed most everything around |
Elaborate curled hairstyles reminiscent of that worn by |
them. Another interesting aspect of the art of Rome is |
Julia became the mark of fashionable women in the |
that it depicted people as they really were. After |
Flavian period. |
years of "faking it", portraits were crafted |
14 | Seated Cybele with Portrait Head of her Priestess. | 0 |
to look like the people they represented rather than |
15 | Seated Cybele with Portrait Head of her Priestess | 0 |
idealized versions of the same. |
Roman, Rome, about A.D. 50 This large statue of a |
4 | Portrait Bust of a Roman Lady. | 0 |
seated woman portrays Cybele, the mother goddess, with |
5 | Portrait Bust of a Roman Lady Roman, Rome, A.D. 150 | 0 |
many of her attributes, each signifying a different |
- 160 Although the woman shown in this Roman portrait |
role. She wears a crown in the form of a towered wall, |
bust can not be identified, stylistic features reveal |
a symbol of her role as protectress of cities. Her |
when and where she was made. Her hairstyle copies one |
right hand holds a bunch of wheat and poppy heads, a |
worn by the Empress Faustina, the wife of the emperor |
symbol of her role as a goddess of agriculture. Her |
Antoninus Pius, who reigned from A.D. 138 to 161. The |
most famous attribute, the lion, sits at her feet, |
highly polished surface of the bust also signals an |
symbolizing her power over wild animals. Under her left |
Antonine date for its creation. Portraits of the |
arm she holds additional symbols: the rudder and the |
imperial family defined high style and fashion, setting |
cornucopia. This statue's most unusual feature is its |
the standards for private portraiture of the social |
face, which belongs to an older Roman matron, not an |
elite. This woman appears to be of mature years, yet |
idealized goddess. Wealthy Roman women would frequently |
she displays no physical signs of aging. Roman |
commission portraits of themselves depicted as if they |
portraits of women tend to be more idealized and less |
were goddesses. Cybele is an unusual choice, however, |
individualized than those of men. The political or |
which may indicate that this woman was a priestess in |
social message that a portrait conveyed was as |
the goddess's service. |
important as its actual resemblance to the person |
16 | Aphrodite - Hygieia with Eros. | 0 |
portrayed. For this reason, portraits of Roman women |
17 | Aphrodite - Hygieia with Eros Roman, Asia Minor, | 0 |
often are concerned more with representing the latest |
A.D. 100 - 200 Standing with her weight on one leg and |
ideas of fashion and beauty than they are with |
clothed in a voluminous gown, this statue of a goddess |
depicting actual features. |
looks off to her left. Her precise identity is |
6 | Statuette of Mars/Cobannus. | 0 |
uncertain because the figure displays elements |
7 | Statuette of Mars/Cobannus Roman, Gaul, A.D. 125 - | 0 |
connected with more than one deity: Hygieia, the |
175 A youthful figure wears a typical costume for the |
goddess of health, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love. |
northern Roman provinces: a long-sleeved tunic, |
The presence of the small, sleeping Eros, the winged |
leggings, and a cloak fastened with a round brooch. On |
young god of love, who leans against her leg, and the |
his head he wears a contemporary Roman helmet, rather |
goddess's hairstyle argue in favor of her identity as |
than the classicizing headgear found on most Roman |
Aphrodite. Yet the dress the goddess wears and the |
sculpture. The whites of his eyes are silvered and the |
snake she holds are more typical of Hygieia. |
irises drilled. The figure's pose looks odd now, but he |
Furthermore, the egg she holds, an emblemof Hygieia's |
originally held a spear in his upraised right hand and |
father Asklepios, associates her with that goddess. As |
rested his left hand on a shield. The Latin inscription |
a relative latecomer to the classical pantheon, Hygieia |
on the base reads, "Sacred to the venerable god |
lacked a distinct mythology and hence definitive |
Cobannus, Lucius Maccius Aeternus, duumvir, [dedicated |
attributes. Frequently Hygieia was blended or merged |
this] in accordance with a vow." The statue |
with another goddess, both in cult practice and in |
probably represents Cobannus, a local deity who was |
depictions, and this combination may be represented |
equivalent to Mars, the Roman god of war. The family of |
here. |
Lucius Maccius Aeternus is known from other |
18 | Cameo Glass Flask. | 0 |
inscriptions in Gaul and must have been important, for |
19 | Cameo Glass Flask Roman, Rome, about 25 B.C. - A.D. | 0 |
a duumvir was one of the two chief magistrates of a |
25 An Egyptian pharaoh, identified by his crown and |
Roman colony. This statuette is said to have been found |
staff, and an obelisk with meaningless hieroglyphs |
in France, in the Roman province of Gaul. |
decorate the front of this Roman cameo glass flask. On |
8 | Statuette of Venus. | 0 |
the other sides, one boy approaches an altar surmounted |
9 | Statuette of Venus Unknown, sculptor; Roman, 100 - | 0 |
by the Egyptian god Thoth in the form of a baboon, |
1 B.C. With its depiction of Venus, the goddess of |
while a second boy approaches another altar decorated |
love, crouching in her bath, this damaged statuette is |
with a uraeus or sacred snake. The decoration of this |
a copy of an original large-scale sculpture dating to |
small flask, which probably held perfumed oil, may show |
the 100s B.C., probably by Doidalsas of Bithynia. The |
the story of the young god Horus, who was brought back |
goddess crouches low in order to allow an attendant, |
to life by Thoth after being stung by a scorpion. The |
who is not depicted, to pour water over her. The |
imagery on this vessel may have had specific meaning |
original statue showed the interest of Hellenistic |
for its owner; or, more probably, it may reflect the |
sculptors in rendering the nude female form. While the |
general popularity of Egyptianizing scenes in Roman art |
earlier statue does not survive, later copies such as |
after the Roman Empire's annexation of Egypt. Due to |
this piece preserve its general appearance. These |
the time and labor involved in its creation, cameo |
copies were especially popular in the Roman period, |
glass was very rare. Artisans first covered or encased |
with artists reproducing the original in large numbers |
colored glass with opaque white glass. They partially |
in a variety of media and sizes and with slight |
cut away the white layer to reveal the colored |
variations of pose. Roman patrons often commissioned |
background, then carved the raised white areas in |
miniature copies of large-scale Greek public art for |
relief. Artisans practiced this technique almost |
their private use, decorating their homes with the |
exclusively in the early Roman Empire. |
statuettes. The use of the valuable medium of rock |
20 | Mold-Blown Cup. | 0 |
crystal marks this piece as a prestigious luxury item |
21 | Mold-Blown Cup Roman, A.D. 1 - 50 "Be glad | 0 |
for a rich patron. |
that you have come" reads the Greek inscription |
10 | Statuette of a Snake-legged Giant. | 0 |
encircling this Roman mold-blown glass cup. This common |
11 | Statuette of a Snake-legged Giant Roman, Asia | 0 |
expression urging the drinker to enjoy the moment is |
Minor, 180 - 220 A.D. In Greek mythology the giants, |
typical of the friendly exhortations found on early |
children of Ge (Earth) and Uranus (Sky), tried to |
Roman cups. Glass vessels decorated with inscriptions |
overthrow the Olympian gods in a mighty battle. This |
were extremely popular in the first century A.D. and |
young giant, identified by his snaky legs, was |
were found throughout the Roman Empire. An artisan made |
originally shown in combat with a now-missing opponent. |
this cup by blowing glass into a baked clay mold, a |
He raises his right arm, wrapped in an animal skin, to |
technique that originated in the first century A.D. in |
ward off a blow. The giant's unkempt hair and the |
the area of Roman Palestine. This technique allows the |
clumps of body hair sprouting from his chest, belly, |
mass-production of identical vessels. At first, the new |
and shoulders emphasize his wildness and barbarity. The |
technique was employed to produce ornate vessels, but |
battle between the Olympian gods and the giants was |
simple forms were soon manufactured as well. |
extremely popular in Greek art; after the Persian War, |
22 | Aryballos (Unguentarium). | 0 |
it became an allegory for battles between Greeks and |
23 | Aryballos (Unguentarium) Roman, Gaul, A.D. 70 - 100 | 0 |
barbarians. The giant's twisting pose, the intense |
Colorful enamel inlays elaborate the twelve large |
pathos of his expression, and the choice of the subject |
pentagonal panels covering the surface of this Roman |
itself were deeply influenced by the style of art |
bronze aryballos. Within these panels, curling tendrils |
developed in the Greek city of Pergamon in the 100s |
on a blue enamel background surround an inner pentagon |
B.C., a style that saw a resurgence in Roman art of the |
outlined in red enamel. The inner pentagons contain |
late 100s A.D. This figure may originally have been |
different decorative motifs, including birds and |
part of a large group depicting the battle. In the |
rosettes. The use of enamel and pentagonal panels is |
Roman period, groups of small bronzes were often used |
typical of metal vessels made in northern Gaul. With |
as decorative elements on objects such as furniture or |
its round body and broad mouth, this aryballos |
chariots; the attachment hole on the giant's |
reproduces the shape of a type of handleless ancient |
"knee" suggests this usage. |
Greek vessel used to hold perfumed oils, popular six |
12 | Portrait Head of Julia Titi. | 0 |
hundred years before this object was made. This Roman |
13 | Portrait Head of Julia Titi Roman, Italy, about | 0 |
version has an enameled metal handle suspended from |
A.D. 90 Julia Titi was the daughter of the Roman |
wire loops. Stylized elephant heads, now missing their |
emperor Titus, who ruled during the Flavian dynasty |
trunks, form the attachment points on the mouth of the |
from A.D. 79 to 81. Recorded in history as a wild young |
vessel, yet the heavy weight of the metal vessel's body |
woman who was her uncle Domitian's mistress, Julia died |
would have made the handle nonfunctional. |
in A.D. 91 at the age of thirty. This portrait depicts |
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