Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Tiberius
Image View:
Detail of head and upper torso
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Museo Arqueologico Nacional (Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
Location Note:
C/ Serrano, 13
GPS:
40.423333-3.688889
Date:
early-mid 1st century CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Early Imperial
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
portrait; rulers and leaders; Roman Empire; Julio-Claudian dynasty; Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus
Description:
The concept of the official portrait was established under Caesar Augustus. When Augustus was crowned in the year 23 BCE, the figure of the princeps became one with the state. Official portraits in the Julio-Claudian dynasty are marked by an idealized classicism. Found in the Aula sacra of the theater in Merida, along with a head of Augustus, and another toga-clad figure, thought to be Tiberius' son Drusus. Tiberius was Augustus' successor (reigned 14-37 CE) and adopted son; he lived to be 77. (Source: Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional [website]; http://www.man.es/ma n/en)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-S-NAMM-TIB-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Tiberius