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Rome was mainly founded on the principles of Greece at this time. They had not yet become an empire; instead, there was a powerful oligarchic senate that controlled Rome.
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The Roman Patrician is a prime example of Roman verisim at work. The seriousness of his expression, along with the careful sculpting of his imperfections as an aged man. It shows what Rome saw as wise at the time. -
The portrait of a Roman General is a merging of Roman and Greek sculpture in the most literal sense to connect this general to Greek ideas of strength. The Roman head of the general even has a veristic expression to symbolize strength. -
The early Empire is a time of great change in Rome. With the death of Juilis Caesar, the Emperors of Rome were formed one after another.
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The Augustus of Primaporta is the symbol for many things in the Roman world. The first Emperor, the end of the Republic, mass propaganda on a sculpture. It told everyone that the entire pantheon was enforcing his will and justifying his every word. -
The Togatus Barberini is a role model for all Roman citizens. It represents the concept of worshiping ancestors. The central figure, most likely a patrician, holding two busts of his ancestors. -
The most famous building in the Roman world. This Colosseum served as a distraction from Roman problems and to focus the Roman citizens' attention on entertainment. -
The Arch of Titus was made to celebrate the return of Titus and his men from Jerusalem. It featured reliefs such as Titus's men carrying home the spoils of war. -
The early Christian period is full of encripted meanings in Roman art that could have religious value to Romans and Christians. They did this because of the taboo nature of early Christianity, until it was legalized by Constantine.
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The late imperial period was the time in Rome that preceded the fall of Rome and the rise of Christianity.
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The Tetarchs were a bizarre statue from late Imperial Rome. It was from the time when Rome was temporarily run by four emperors. Another defining feature is how it almost seems to devolve the hundreds of years of Greek and Roman sculpture into something much more archaic. -
The Basilica of Maxentius Constantine was intended to have a grand, overwhelming presence of Roman power to it. Every aspect of the building seemed to be upscaled, especially the arches. -
The Arch of Constantine was another one of Rome's arches dedicated to the greatness of an Emperor. This one featured Constantine, whom it worshiped. Constantine was a revolutionary Emperor at the time for legalizing the practice of Christianity. -
Christ as the Good Shepherd is a symbol of Christian encrypted sculpture. The sculpture reuses old Greek and Roman religious ideas to tell a new story in a Christian context.