LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Flavian

Bronze sestertius of the emperor Titus Period: Early Imperial, Flavian Date: A.D. 80–81 Culture: Roman Medium: Bronze Classification: Coins Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908 Accession Number: 08.170.117 Description: DIVO AVG VESP SPQR, deified Vespasian seated on car drawn by four elephants/IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII surrounding large S C Rome Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Marble portrait of a man Roman, late Flavian or early Trajanic period, ca. 100 AD Accession # 24.97.93 Like this powerful image of a middle-aged man, many Flavian portraits show the same uncompromising representation of aging flesh that marked portraits of the Republican period. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Portrait of Demosthenes Roman, Flavian, ca. 69-96 AD Marble # Y1962-133 Famous for his speeches urging resistence to Macedonian control of Greece, the orator Demosthenes committed suicide when Athens and its allies were defeated by Macedon in 322 BC. Years later, around 280 BC, his nephew erected a bronze statue of Demosthenes at Athens. That work, now lost, provided the presumed model for more than fifty surviving marble copies, most dating from Roman times, when Demosthenes was revered as a defender of liberty and the greatest of the Greek orators. This head might have been displayed in the garden of a wealthy Roman, or formed part of the decoration in a public building or library. Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.

Portrait of a Man Recarved from an Anta Capital, ca. 79-96 AD Roman Grayish brown, coarsely crystalline marble # Y1953-25 Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.

Portrait of a Man Recarved from an Anta Capital, ca. 79-96 AD Roman Grayish brown, coarsely crystalline marble # Y1953-25 Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.

Portrait of a Man Recarved from an Anta Capital, ca. 79-96 AD Roman Grayish brown, coarsely crystalline marble # Y1953-25 Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.

Head of Julia Titi Unknown Roman, Italy, about A.D. 90 Marble and pigment H: 13 x W: 8 7/8 x D: 9 5/8 in. 58.AA.1 Julia Titi was the daughter of the Roman emperor Titus, who ruled during the Flavian dynasty from A.D. 79 to 81. Recorded in history as a wild young woman who was her uncle Domitian's mistress, Julia died in A.D. 91 at the age of thirty. This portrait depicts Julia with a dramatic, curling hairstyle. A diadem originally inlaid with materials such as gold, silver, or gems marked her imperial status. Julia would have worn earrings, probably made of gold, which are now missing; the small holes at either side of her neck indicate the original presence of a now-missing necklace. Traces of paint preserved in Julia's curls show that her hair was originally a reddish color. The deeply drilled curls and chiaroscuro effect are typical of Roman sculpture in this period. Portraits of the women in the imperial family set fashions for the entire Roman Empire. A hairstyle worn by an empress or princess would soon appear on portraits of ladies of the imperial court and then spread out through the rest of Roman society as a sign of taste and status. Elaborate curled hairstyles reminiscent of that worn by Julia became the mark of fashionable women in the Flavian period. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=7598