Chapter II: The Age of Augustus & the Birth of Imperial Art

Kleiner, Diana E. E.

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~The man known to history as Augustus was born Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 B.C. He was the son of Gaius Octavius and Atia, the niece of Julius Caesar. Octavian’s proximity to Caesar gave him early training in public life. At the...

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Diana E. E. Kleiner

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.59-117

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00185.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19173

Chapter subject tags:Sculpture, RomanEmperors--RomeRelief (Sculpture), RomanAra Pacis (Rome, Italy)Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Portrait sculpture, RomanRome--HistoryArts, Roman--Greek influencesPortrait sculpture in numismaticsAgrippa, Marcus VipsaniusFuneral rites and ceremonies--RomeArchitecture, RomanWomen--Portraits, Roman

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