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Annunciation.
Paintings; Tempera paintings; Altarpieces; Christianity; Biblical events; Symbols; Storytelling; Women; Saints; Men; Older people; Angels; Supernatural beings; People associated with religion; Clothing & dress; Robes; Capes (Clothing); Wreaths;...
Altarpiece from Siena Cathedral.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Antoninus Pius, from Lanuvium, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Clothing & dress; Capes (Clothing); Fasteners; Hairstyles; Beards; Mustaches
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy, relief detail, adlocutio scene, Marcus Aurelius addressing his troops.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Victories; War; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Facades; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Sculpture; Bas-reliefs; Architectural sculpture; Architectural...
"The triumphal Arch of Constantine was erected next to the Colosseum in AD 315 to commemorate Constantine's victory over Maxentius three years earlier." (p.149); "One of four [Antonine] reliefs from a monument erected by the emperor...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arch of Septimius Severus, Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy, column pedestal, Roman soldier and Parthian prisoner.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Upper class; Military officers; Facades; Architectural...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, fresco, Lamentation.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Christianity; Biblical events; Death; Death & burial; Grief; Sitting; Hugging; Standing; Flying; Locomotion; Human locomotion;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua, Italy, fresco, The Meeting of Joachim and Anna.
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Churches; Chapels; Interiors; Walls; Paintings; Murals; Storytelling; Christianity; Biblical events; Meetings; Kissing; Hugging; Standing; Gestures; Lifting & carrying; Men; Women; Spouses;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Augustus of Primaporta, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Standing; Gestures; Hairstyles; Clothing & dress;...
"Augustus in Armor, found in Primaporta" (caption)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Bonaparte Crossing the Saint-Bernard Pass [ Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass].
Paintings; Oil paintings; Portrait paintings; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; Adults; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Soldiers;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Bonaparte Crossing the Saint-Bernard Pass, detail of Napoleon.
Paintings; Oil paintings; Portrait paintings; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Soldiers; Details;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, pedestal, Decursio.
Architecture; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Funerary facilities; Columns; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Pedestals; Architectural sculpture; Architectural...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy, spiral frieze, detail, showing emperor's campaigns against Germanic tribes.
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Columns; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Victories; Campaigns & battles; Battlefields; War; Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Architectural decorations...
"Constructed between AD 180 and 196 on the northern part of the Campus Martius [...]" (caption, p.130)
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Commodus, from Lanuvium, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Princes; Teenagers; Youth; Young adults; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Clothing & dress; Capes (Clothing); Fasteners
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Death and the Maidens (The Reaper).
Paintings; Oil paintings; Women; Men; Older people; Backs (Anatomy); Clothing & dress; Dresses; Capes (Clothing); Wreaths; Hairstyles; Leisure; Country life; Holding hands; Sitting; Gestures; Flowers; Plants; Trees; Meadows; Death; Scythes;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Diocletian (left) and Galerius (right), medallion with obverse portraits.
Coins; Money; Metalwork; Goldwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Clothing & dress; Armor; Capes (Clothing); Wreaths; Hairstyles; Beards; Inscriptions; Names
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Domitian, bronze equestrian statue, reworked with head of Nerva.
Sculpture; Equestrian statues; Metalwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; Upper class; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military personnel; Clothing & dress;...
“Detail from a bronze equestrian statue of the emperor Domitian, which was raised from the sea floor near Miseno. After the emperor’s violent death and the subsequent declaration of a damnatio memoriae – the abolition of his memory – the...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Forum of Augustus, Rome, Italy, watercolor reconstruction.
Architecture; Forums; Buildings; Courtyards; Plazas; Architectural elements; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Architectural sculpture; Walls; Structural elements; Columns; Capitals (Columns); Colonnades; Peristyles; Architectural orders;...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Four Tetrarchs, columnar portrait group, from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
Sculpture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Standing; Hugging; Clothing & dress; Armor; Capes (Clothing);...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Four Tetrarchs, columnar portrait group, from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
Sculpture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Standing; Hugging; Clothing & dress; Armor; Capes (Clothing);...
“Porphyry sculpture of the four emperors of the Tetrarchy. It shows the four rulers in a cordial embrace intended as an expression of concordia, or agreement. Originally located in Constantinople, the sculpture was plundered during the Crusade of...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Four Tetrarchs, columnar portrait group, from Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey.
Sculpture; Architectural elements; Structural elements; Columns; Portraits; Group portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Standing; Hugging; Clothing & dress; Armor; Capes (Clothing);...
“Porphyry sculpture of the four emperors of the Tetrarchy. It shows the four rulers in a cordial embrace intended as an expression of concordia, or agreement. Originally located in Constantinople, the sculpture was plundered during the Crusade of...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Hadrian as imperator, from Hierapytna, Greece, front view.
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Military leadership; Leadership; Standing; Clothing & dress; Military...
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

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