CLAS 3P22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Augustus Of Prima Porta, Caelus, Doryphoros
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Portraiture: octavian, 30 bc, marble, rome, youthful, skinny, nervous, veristic but unflattering, hellenistic turn of head, head of colossal octavian, 30 bc, marble, aventine, rome, hellenistic (curls), baroque period additions to the hair. Doryphoros by polykeitos: pose of hands reminiscent of aule metelle the orator, cuirass- myths (caelus, apollo and diana, sun, moon, dawn) Return of standard=divine will and acceptance: augustus shown as priest, general, and orator (not veristic, augustus as pontifex maximus, after 12bc, rome, marble, greek marble head, luna marble body. Fancy material for head, cheap material for body: priestly clothing- toga pulled over head to perform a sacrifice. Imperial family: livia portrait, marble, early 1st century ce, arsinoe, egypt. Nodus=timely hairstyle, always youthful: augustus and livia never age, heroic nude of gaius caesar, marble, 1st century ce, greece. Looks like a younger augustus: supposed to be his grandson/adopted son. Coinage: denarii of octavian- early as 36bc, a and b- victory monuments over sextus pompey.
