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The study of Roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to Greek sculpture. Many examples of even the most famous Greek sculptures, such as the Apollo Belvedere and Barberini Faun , are known only from Roman Imperial or Hellenistic "copies".
Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures in the British Museum (2 C, 36 P) C. Collections of classical sculpture (8 C, 10 P) Ancient Greek and Roman colossal statues (2 C ...
Roman sculpture portraits of emperors (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Roman Empire sculptures" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
The statue of Jupiter is also a significant monument of the Flavian era, bearing the characteristic features of Roman art of this period. The prototype of this sculpture was created by Phidias in the 5th century BC, the legendary statue of Zeus at Olympia , revered as one of the Seven Wonders of the World .
The art of Ancient Rome, and the territories of its Republic and later Empire, includes architecture, painting, sculpture and mosaic work.Luxury objects in metal-work, gem engraving, ivory carvings, and glass are sometimes considered to be minor forms of Roman art, [1] although they were not considered as such at the time.
The Golden Bust of Marcus Aurelius was discovered on April 19, 1939 in Avenches, in western Switzerland.Measuring 33.5 centimetres (13.2 in) high and weighing 1.59 kilograms (3.5 lb), it is the largest known metal bust of a Roman emperor and is considered one of the most important archaeological finds in Switzerland.
5th-century Roman sculptures (8 P) This page was last edited on 7 July 2018, at 20:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
As early as 1536, the presence of the sculpture was known to the general public prior to the ownership by Ludovisi. [1] The painting, Landscape with Roman Ruins by painter Herman Posthumus depicts the bust at forefront, surrounded by Egyptian and Roman sculpture fragments with a quote from Ovid's Metamorphoses: "TEMPVS EDAX RERVM TVQVE INVIDIOSA VESTVSTAS O[MN]IA DESTRVITIS" (Translated: Oh ...