Augustus Of Prima Porta
Augustus of Prima Porta
In this paper for World Art class, I will be discussing the statue of Augustus of Prima Porta from three similar view points of authors, taken from art history books. Although they have there similar view points they also have there different ones and I will be discussing that as well. That statue was found in April of 1863 in Villa of Livia, near Rome. It was created around the first century dating at about 20 BCE. Today it is located in the Vatican Museum for everyone to observe.
Augustus and the position he stands at portrays him as a general addressing his troops at the same time this statue emphasizes the power of Rome embodied in Augustus as emperor which came out of A History of Western Art 4th Edition by, Laurie Adams. Adams continues to talk about how the statue just by itself represents a self-confident, dominating, and above all youthful figure. She states that the head is idealized and the statue is very similar to Doryphoros of Polykleitos......
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