Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Augustus of Prima Porta
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Alternate Title:
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Augusto di Prima Porta
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Image View:
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Detail, upper body wearing cuirass
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 2215
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Location Note:
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Braccio Nuovo (New Wing)
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GPS:
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+41.906389+12.454444
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Date:
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early first century CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Early Imperial
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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white marble
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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2.03 m (height)
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Subjects:
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military or war; portrait; rulers and leaders; Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.; Cupid (Roman deity); breastplate; cuirass
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Description:
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Statue of Augustus Caesar which was discovered in 1863 in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta, near Rome. Augustus Caesar's wife Livia Drusilla, now known as Julia Augusta, retired to the villa after his death. The dating is contested; the statue may be a copy of a bronze original and may have been gifted to Livia by her son Tiberius, which would date it to 14-37 CE. The sculptor may have been Greek; the statue seems to have been inspired by the figure of the Doryphoros (spear-bearer) by Polykleitos. (Source: Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) [website]; http://www.museivaticani.va/)
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Image Description:
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The cuirass reliefs have a complex allegorical and political agenda, depicting gods and referring to the retrieval of Crassus' standards captured by the Parthians.
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-VM-AFPP-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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