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Roman Imperial Art:Sculpture
Reading:Stokstad, 186-215.
Range:14-400 CERoman Imperial
Terms/Concepts:spoils, spolia, triumphal arch, schematic, apotheosis, continuous narrative, clemency, pax romana, spandrel, roundel.
Key Monuments: Arch of Titus, Roman Imperial,
c. 81 CE. Column of Trajan, Forum of
Trajan, Roman Imperial. 113-116 or after 117 CE
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman Imperial, c. 176 CE.
Arch of Constantine. Roman Imperial. 312-315 CE.
The Tetrarchs. Roman Imperial. c. 300 CE.
When Are We?
Etruscans: c. 800-300 BCERoman Republic: 509 BCE – 27 BCEAugustus: 27 BCE—14 CEJulio-Claudians: 14 CE – 68 CEFlavians: 69 CE – 96 CEThe Five Good Emperors: 96 CE- 180 CESeverans:193 CE – 217 CESoldier Emperors: 217 CE – 284 CETetrarchy: 284 CE – 313 CEConstantinian: 317 CE – 364 CE
Arch of Titus
Titus 79-80 CE
✪Sacked Jerusalem in 79 CE
Arch of Titus
Sacred Way
Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
*Triumphal Arch
Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
The Senate and the Roman People to the Divine Titus, Vespasian
Augustus, son of Vespasian.
Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Relief
Coffer
Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Apotheosis of Titus
Apotheosis of Titus, Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Eagle = Jupiter
Triumph of Titus, Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
The Senate granted a triumph, or an event in which victorious troops left weapons outside the city and paraded through Rome
Triumph of Titus, Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Winged VictoryTitus
*Also paraded through the city was the booty of military conquests
Sacred silver trumpets that are sounded at Rosh Hashanah
Spoils from the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Menorah
Standards
Standards
Standards
Spoils of War
Spoils from the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, Arch of Titus, Rome, c. 81 CE.
Column of Trajan
Trajan 98-117 CE
Dacia
Column of Trajan
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Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
Danube River River God (typically a reclining and perhaps monumental figure)
Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
River God (typically a reclining and perhaps monumental figure)
Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
Trajan
Column of Trajan. Forum of Trajan. 113-116 or after 117 CE. (Stokstad 6-43)
Column of Trajan. Forum of Trajan. 113-116 or after 117 CE. (Stokstad 6-43)
Augustus of Primaporta. Copy of a bronze original of c.20 BCE.
Trajan
Battle between Romans and Dacians, Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
Dacian
Roman
RomanParthian
Battle between Romans and Dacians, Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, 113-116 or after 117 CE
Originally, a statue of Trajan, but now a statue of St. Peter, the first Bishop of Rome
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius 161-180 BCE
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Possible Location of the Equestrian Statue
Marcus Aurelius. c. 161-180 CE.
Hadrian. c. 117-138 CE
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, c. 176 CE.
Vanquished enemy
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, c. 176 CE.
Caracalla and the 3rd Century Crisis
Caracalla c. 211-217 CE
Caracalla. c. 211-217 CE.
Marcus Aurelius. c. 161-180 CE.
Hadrian. c. 117-138 CE
Caracalla (211-217 CE)Schematic
The Tetrarchs. Venice. c. 300 CE.
The Tetrarchs. Venice. c. 300 CE.
The Tetrarchs. Venice. c. 300 CE.
The Tetrarchs. Venice. Porphyry. c. 300 CE.
Colossal Head of Constantine. Rome. c. 312-315 BCE.
Constantine the Great 307-337 CE
The Arch of Constantine
Arch of Constantine
The Arch of Constantine
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Arch of Titus. Rome. c.81 CE.
Trajan
Hadrian HadrianMarcus Aurelius
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Hadrian
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Oration Scene, Arch of Constantine. Rome.312-315 CE.
Triumphal arch Triumphal arch
Constantine
Constantine
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
ConstantineMarcus Aurelius Hadrian
Arch of Constantine (south side). Rome. 312-315 CE.
Arch of Constantine. Rome. 312-315 CE.
Imperial procession. Detail of the relief on the south frieze of the Ara Pacis Augustae. Rome. c. 19 BCE
Critical Thinking Questions
1. How are gestures important to the communication of emperorship in Imperial Rome?
2. What is a triumph? What are some essential aspects of a triumph scene?
3. What are some of the important shifts in the grooming of emperors? How does this indicate a different conception of rulership?
4. What is spolia? To what effect has it been used in imperial political art?