Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Ara Pacis Augustae
Alternate Title:
Altar of Augustan Peace
Image View:
Frontal view of the far west end of the South Procession, depicting fragments of what was the lictors who agitatedly mill around to make space for the princeps at the head of the procession
Creator:
unknown (Ancient Roman sculptor)
Location:
site: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Location Note:
originally Campus Martius; reconstructed near the Mausoleum of Augustus
Date:
13-9 BCE (creation); 1938 (restoration)
Cultural Context:
Roman
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
monument
Work Type 2:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Subjects:
allegorical; mythology (Classical); portraits; rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Julio-Claudian dynasty; procession; Antonia Minor; Augustus; Livia Drusilla
Description:
Dedicated on 30 January 9 BCE, the altar was erected in the Campus Martius by the Roman Senate to commemorate Augustus' return from Spain and Gaul on 4 July 13 BCE. The best-known exemplar of Augustan art, it is typified by its eclectic mix of Classical and Hellenistic elements and skillful amalgam of Roman myth-history and contemporary events. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A3-R-R-AP-3-B1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Ara Pacis Augustae