FAH207H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Buzz Cut, Capitoline Venus, Exedra
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(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Nero was a bad emperor. (constantly paranoid. Hairstyle: rows of bangs/curls around his head. Survived = underground/lower part of the palace. Ancient greek = built on top of what was the domus aurea. Titus, one of the emperors, still used the domus aurea as an imperial residence. Decorated by a dome above that would have all the constellation of the heavens, and it would turn. Octagonal room, golden house of nero, 64-68 bce. Chambers around the octagonal shapes: usually covered up with marble/plaster which would allow painting on the walls. First time after nero, no imperial power until vespasian. The flaws is the subject matter, is somewhat over-portrayed. Make wax portraits of themselves = funerary. He"s carrying these busts like he"s in a funerary procession. (light, so you can carry it around), Portrait of nero, reworked as a portrait of vespasian, 64-68 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
