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Roman Art, part 3 Early Roman Empire Art under Augustus Goals • • • Describe the life of Rome’s first emperor, Augustus, and examine his official, public image and propaganda campaign. See how Augustus linked himself to the Greek general Pericles through the art and architecture of the Periclean Age of ancient Greece. Examine Augustus’s building program (altars, forums, temples aqueducts, and his mausoleum) and their relationship to the Pax Augustae (Augustan peace). Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE The Making of Rome’s First Emperor 63 BCE Gaius Octavius Thurinus is born to a minor aristocratic family. 49 BCE Octavian’s natural father dies. 44 BCE Upon the assassination of the triumvir Julius Caesar, who was Octavian’s grandmother’s brother, it is announced that Octavian, now age of 19, is Caesar’s adopted heir. He officially changes his name to Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus but is known as Caesar, and forms a second, short-lived, triumvirate. Too young to have himself depicted in a traditional Republican fashion, has himself depicted in his official portraits as a Greek kouros (youth/god). 31 BCE A six-year Civil ends when Octavian, age 32, defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium, Greece, and assumes the title Princeps (first citizen). He restores the Republic but controls the Senate. 27 BCE Having conquered Greece, the Roman Senate confers upon the 35year-old Octavian the title “Augustus” (the dignified), which makes him commander-in-chief of all Republican governmental and military bodies. 20 BCE The best-known sculpture of Augustus is carved at this time. Historians refer to it as Augustus of Primaporta because it was found in the small town of Primaporta, just outside Rome, in the villa of his third wife, Livia. 16 BCE Augustus secures the loyalty of Gallic Romans by building the Pont-du-Gard, a bridge and aqueduct over the river Gard, near Nîmes, France. 12 BCE The Senate grants Augustus the additional title Pontefex Maximus, extending his control over the state religion. Augustus has Julius Caesar deified. 9 BCE Augustus dedicates the Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) in Rome, depicting himself as Pontefex Maximus. 2 BCE Augustus dedicates the Forum of Augustus in Rome. The forum provides needed improvements to the city’s public infrastructure and honors Augustus’s ancestors, which he traces back from Caesar to Aeneas of Trojan War fame, and thus a descendant of Venus. 14 CE Augustus dies and is deified. His heirs, including Tiberius, Claudius and Nero, become Emperors (the Julio-Claudians). Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE (age 42), in the Vatican Museums Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Head of Polykleitos's Spear bearer Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE (age 42) Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Praxiteles, detail of Apollo with Dionysus, late Classical Greek art Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE (age 42) Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Head of a Roman Patrician, 75-50 BCE Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE (age 42), in the Vatican Museums. Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE Augustus of Primaporta, c. 20 BCE (age 42) Augustus’s cuirass depicts the return of the standard from the barbarians and a personification of abundance. Cuirass depicting the a property marker (Herm) and showing leather laces. Augustus’s aristocratic background is featured with the depiction of his distant cousin Eros (Cupid), the son of Venus, who was born of the sea and carried to land by dolphins. The Julii family traced their ancestors back to Venus and the kings of Rome. From the Vatican exhibition I Colori di Bianco, based on analysis of residual pigments Augustus at 50 Augustus, age 20, as Trimvir on an aureas (gold) coin Augustus, after death Augustus from Primaporta, c. 20 BCE and Augustus as Pontefex Maximus, after 12 BCE Remains of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Reconstruction model of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built c. 2 BC Reconstruction model of the Temple of Mars Ultor in the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built c. 2 BC Maison Carree (square house), Nîmes, France, 1-10 CE Model showing a section of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Model and Plan of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Plan of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Model with architectural details of the frieze of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Porch of the Maidens, Erectheum, Athens, c. 421-405 BCE Model with architectural details of the frieze of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Model with architectural details of the frieze of the Forum of Augustus, Rome, built by Augustus, c. 2 BC Italy Maison Carree (square house), Nîmes, France, 1-10 CE Italy Rome by 44 BCE Italy Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Fountain in Pompeii Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Baths in Pompeii Rome Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE Pont du Gard, near Nîmes, France, c. 16 CE ……Aqueducts leading to the city of Rome Aqueducts leading to the city of Rome marked in brown, roads in black, Tivoli marked with a blue arrow Porta Maggiore, Rome, built by the Julio-Claudian Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE, at the juncture of two aquaducts, the city walls and the via Praenestina and Via Labicana. Porta Maggiore, Rome, built by the Julio-Claudian Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE, at the juncture of two aquaducts, the city walls and the via Praenestina and Via Labicana. Porta Maggiore, Rome, built by the Julio-Claudian Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE, at the juncture of two aquaducts, the city walls and the via Praenestina and Via Labicana. Porta Maggiore, Rome, built by the Julio-Claudian Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE, at the juncture of two aquaducts, the city walls and the via Praenestina and Via Labicana. Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence, by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, begun 1444