ART HIS 40A Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Cupid, Octavians, Numa Pompilius
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Southwestern rome, showing location of shipsheds (487m long) along tiber river: navalia, made with brick and concrete. Brutus, 1 st c. bce, portrait associated with brutus, founder of the roman. 753 bce beginning of rome: lucretia stabs herself after making men vow to avenge her, made out of bronze puts new government in place example of the character of a roman leader. Barberini togate man, with ancestors" portraits, first century bce (image #2) take pride in genealogy toga represents rank veristic way truthful to nature: signs of aging suggests devotion to rome. Unknown man, first century bce aging features exaggerated. Marcus tullius cicero: orator, lawyer, and philosopher (b. 106, d. 43 bce) (image #3) lives in turbulent time explored with new type of portraiture of face, head, and shoulders toga shown for a symbol of status: pompeius magnus (pompey the great ), b. 106, d. 48 bce (image #4) piracy became a major issue.
