Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Head of Augustus as Supreme Pontiff

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Head of Augustus as Supreme Pontiff
Image View: 
Overall view from the front, left
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: 
Carrara marble
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Subjects: 
portrait; rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Roman Empire; Julio-Claudian dynasty; Augustus Caesar
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. Portraits of the emperor, marked by an idealized classicism, his wife and his court were vital propaganda tools for spreading the ruler's image throughout the empire. This veiled head represents the middle-aged Augustus as Supreme Pontiff. Found in the Aula sacra of the theater in Merida. (Source: Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional [website]; http://www.man.es/man/en)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A3-R-S-NAMM-ASP-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.