FAH205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Richard Redgrave, Onyx
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Most of these artwork are elite views only. We have slaves that are big part of the family. You have enough money to afford them. There are 2 slave category: slaves you own, slaves that are free slaves. Ex: gemm augustea, sardonyx, cameo in modern mouth: scene of diomence, powerful gures above. Supreme men at the top surrounding by the victories. Gures are much larger: slaves on the bottom. Begging him to be spared on the right side. Roman soliders putting or taking up a symbol on the right side. Represent willing submission: ex:seated augustus receiving gallic children under the supervision of drusus. This is suppose to be a representation of the way things are. Wrote the poems as a elite male of the society. He was himself part of the father gure. When he is writing his account, he is part of the society promoting the ideas.
