ARTHIST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Denarius, Ara Pacis, Antoninus Pius
17 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
It is a restoration of hadrian from an earlier building. Spent a lot of money in rome. Pius does not have extremely exaggerated curls, his face is higher, more volute forehead. Two forms or reliefs: engaged pedastols: back onto the wall. They are reliefs sculptures of women, everyone wears something different. The inscript sc for the senate is on most bronze coins. They set the body on fire, and release the bird from a box, would only happen for a matter of days and then it would burn and then it was gone. On her shoulder is someone holding on to the winged finger. The person on the back is almost probably faustina. What defines the antonine style in sculpture. Drill work used to create a contrast between light and shadow. Comparison to the drawing of what it looks like when it was foound. A chunk from the orn being restored.
