CLAS 151gp Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Agrippa Postumus, Via Latina, Brushstrokes
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53 bc: parthians defeated 3 roman legions led by crassus, took legionary standards and stained rome"s honor. 20 bc: augustus arranged for the standards were given back from the parthians o. Coins were minted for that occasion to regain rome"s honor. Sill carries on roman republic focus on facial expression, psychological portrait, historical speciicity, architectural inluence. Octavian acium type - sill scrawny neck, realisic. Ater octavian becomes augustus, sculpture is idealized, verism is gone (capitoline augustus) Augustus of the via labicana: portrait of octavian as ponifex maximus. Augustus of prima porta: marble copy of bronze statue o o o o o o. Augustus as a military commander: military cloak, skirt, breastplate, bare feet (godlike or herolike) Breastplate looks transparent, shows his musculature - more like a nude sculpture of a god. Relief: dawn is driving out the god of night, dew goddess. 2 roman provinces: spain and dacia (from west to east)
