Marble portrait of the co-emperor Lucius Verus. Roman 161–169 CE. x

This fragmentary head comes from an over-life-sized portrait bust or statue of Lucius Verus, co-emperor with Marcus Aurelius (r. A.D. 161–180). At the beginning of his reign, Verus was sent to the East to direct military operations against the Parthians, and although the war was concluded successfully in A.D. 166, his returning troops brought back the plague, which ravaged the Empire for several years thereafter. He is compared unfavorably with Marcus Aurelius by the ancient sources, but the portrait shown here has a leonine majesty that gives little indication of his reputation as an idle and dissolute ruler. It is typical of Antonine style in its use of luxuriant drillwork in the hair and engraved eyes to dramatize the basically naturalistic image.

Pompeii, 04.19.23

Some pictures from my trip to Pompeii last week! Not my usual art content but I'm so happy with how these pics came out I wanted to share x

~ Statue of a seated woman.

Date: A.D. Mid-1st. century

Florence, Uffizi Gallery (Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi)

Medium: Greek Marble

The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (4th century BC), Argolis, Greece

Gruppo scultoreo dell'Impero Romano, Musei Capitolini, Roma, 2009.

Mosaic with Personification of the River Tigris, late 100-200

Roman culture, excavated at Antioch, Southern Turkey

Marble portrait bust of the emperor Gaius, known as Caligula. Roman 37–41 CE. x

The portrait style created for Augustus was adopted by his family and immediate successors in order to stress the unity and continuity of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. This fine bust of Caligula (r. A.D. 37– 41) has regular features and carefully designed locks of hair similar to those in portraits of Augustus. Here, however, the artist has also conveyed something of Caligula’s vanity and cruelty in the proud turn of the head and the thin, pursed lips.

Marble statue of Eirene (the personification of peace). Roman copy of Greek original by Kephisodotos. ca. 14–68 CE x

Copy of a Greek bronze statue of 375/374–360/359 B.C. by Kephisodotos

Eirene, the daughter of Zeus and Themis, was one of the three Horai (Seasons), maidens closely associated with the fertility of the earth and the nurturing of children. The original bronze was erected in the Agora (marketplace) of Athens between 375/374 and 360/359 B.C. Rarely can an ancient monument be dated so exactly. We know from literary sources that the cult of Eirene was introduced to Athens in 375/374, and six recently found Panathenaic amphorae dated to 360/359 show an image of the statue. The Greek traveler Pausanius saw the work in the Agora in the second century A.D. and reported that it was by the sculptor Kephisodotos. Eirene was represented as a beautiful young woman wearing a peplos and himation (cloak), holding a scepter in her right hand, and carrying the young child Ploutos (the personification of wealth) and a cornucopia on her left arm. The figure brings to mind images of Demeter, the major goddess of agricultural plenty and the mother of Ploutos.

The Athenian Treasury at Delphi, in the 5th century BC and today.

Myra, Turquía

Nápoles, Italia

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Ancient Theater at the Oracle of Delphi

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