FAH207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Solarium Augusti, Roman Architectural Revolution, Pont Du Gard
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Different: more crowded, overlap figure to show depth. ^social program: women and children are features policy encourage marriage and children birth. ^depiction of one specific procession and a generic procession. ^also idealized presentation of the people pf athens. *obelisk of the solarium augusti (gnomon), dedicated 10 bce. Original position: with a complex of many other his buildings. At the end of day of augustus birthday would just be long enough to reach the entrance of ara pacis. Imperial statement: the power and range of roman emperor. ^the system of grid at which the sun dial would hit at particular time; telling time of day and the time of year. Mau solos: an eastern king who built a monumental tomb called it. Foundation and structural part would have been hidden. Have been carved to look white and shining. Top: reconstruction: would have been topped by the sculpture of the emperor.
