The primaporta augustus departs from the veristic style and falls back on the hellenistic style of idealizing and perfecting tendencies.
Veristic marble head.
It is a marble head of vespasian the roman emperor who ruled from 69 c e to 78 c e who was also the founder of the flavian dynasty.
In 1963 the staten island museum sim received a roman marble portrait head henceforth referred to as a head of a man as a gift from the ingram merrill foundation and the piero tozzi gallery in new york city.
Verism first appeared as the artistic preference of the roman people during the late roman republic 147 30 bc and was often used for republican portraits or for the head of pseudo athlete sculptures.
Greece hellenistic period ca.
Property from a swedish private collection a roman marble head of a man circa 3rd century a d.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.
It was produced in the veristic style which refers to the naturalistic warts and all renditions that became popular in rome during the 5th century bc.
The beard is thought to have been added later in the 3rd century ad when facial hair was in vogue.
This fragmentary portrait depicts the head of an older man.
Greece hellenistic period ca.
The marble head is executed in the veristic style of the 5th century bc.
It is a marble head of vespasian the roman emperor who ruled from 69 c e to 78 c e who was also the founder of the flavian dynasty.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.
The portraiture of vespasian is a good example of a veristic style portraiture that conveyed a political message fig.
Gallery 160 marble portrait of the emperor augustus.
Thence by descent to current owner.
Marble head of a hellenistic ruler artist.
A skillfully carved marble head of a bearded male perhaps a deity such as zeus but possibly a more pedestrian portrayal as the new international culture of the hellenistic era lead to a wide range of subject matter see more on this below.
3rd to 1st century ce.
It is a 6 feet 8 inch tall marble statue depicting augustus caesar the first emperor of the roman empire fig.
3rd to 1st century ce.
Verism often described as warts and all shows the imperfections of the subject such as warts wrinkles and furrows.
It was carved from white fine grained marble.