CLST 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Roman Art, Prima Porta, Mudbrick
14 May 2015
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Blow up coin, put it in different sections and apply sections to a drawing. Augustus (continued: two pieces of art which exemplify his values and what he is trying to provide for the. Altar of augustan peace: ara pacis augustae. Small monument but says a lot about who augustus is and how he wants to be perceived by the roman people. Already augustus for over a decade by this point: dedicated to him by the senate in celebration of his successful return from spain and gaul where military campaigns were happening, finished in 9 b. c. 12 meters square and made out of marble. Originally excavated back in 1568 began finding pieces of it. Excavated again in 1938 under mussolini: lot of suspicion surrounding this monument as things were often embellished and adapted in the 1500s and mussolini was using it for his own purposes. In the center, assessed from stairs at the front. Processions along the sides of the monument.
