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Title
Livia
, from
Pompeii
,
front
view
.
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Portraits
Front views
Women
Empresses
Rulers (people)
Leaders (people)
Royalty
Monarchs
Aristocrats
Upper class
Standing
Costume (mode of fashion)
Drapery (representations)
Mantles (outerwear)
Pleats
Veils (headcloths)
Headcloths (headgear)
Headgear
Hairstyles
Subject
Sculpture
Portraits
Women
Empresses
Rulers
People associated with politics & government
Upper class
Standing
Clothing & dress
Veils
Headgear
Hairstyles
Description
Figure
138
.
Livia
.
Cat
.
27
:
Pompeii
.
Antiquarium
4400
.
(caption
,
p.157)
;
Statue
composed
of
head
and
reused
body
.
Found
leaning
against
the
wall
in the
peristyle
of the
Villa
of the
Mysteries
.
(p.157)
People Pictured
Livia, Empress, consort of Augustus, Emperor of Rome, ca. 58 BCE-29 CE
Material
White marble
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 1.91 m; head and neck: 0.285 m
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Portraits
Repository
Antiquarium (Pompeii, Italy)
Source
Bartman, Elizabeth. Portraits of Livia: Imaging the Imperial Woman in Augustan Rome. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1999. (fig.138, cat.27, p.157)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Bartman courtesy: BdA [Bulletino d'arte] 10 (1930) 7 fig. 2.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
1943-08.jpg
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