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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/760/762-01.jpg
Title	Augustus, front view.
Date	27 BCE?
Cultural Context	Ancient Roman Italian European Western European
Style/Period	Roman (ancient Italian style) Augustan Imperial (Roman)
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Statues Portraits Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Heads (representations) Men (male humans) Emperors Rulers (people) Leaders (people) Monarchs Royalty Upper class Aristocrats Hairstyles
Subject	Sculpture Portraits Heads (Anatomy) Men Emperors Rulers People associated with politics & government Hairstyles
Description	Portrait head. "This portrait has fundamental importance in the study of Augustan iconography. Both it and a very similar portrait in the Forbes collection are considered excellent examples of the Louvre type of Augustan portrait. [...] This portrait type is distinguished by a hairstyle with a distinctive 'fork' in the locks of hair over the left eye and a 'pincer' on the far right over the right eye, with four waving locks in between, combed to the right. The wave over the nose is particularly prominent. In contrast to the other portrait types, where Augustus is depicted as eternally youthful, the Louvre type is striking in its depiction of advanced age. The head is also slightly downcast to the right, and the almost imperceptibly downward curve of the lips suggests a sense of disillusionment." (Excerpt from catalogue entry by Daniel Roger, p. 55). Provenance unknown. Purchased in 1807, formerly in the Borghese collection (MA 1280-INV. MR 427; N 1595).Restorer: H. Bluzat, 2006.
People Pictured	Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 BCE-14 CE
Material	Fine-grained white marble (Carrara?) Carrara marble Fine-grained white marble Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements	H: 14 3/4 in (37.5 cm)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Sculpture Statues Portraits Heads (representations)
Repository	Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source	Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.[46], cat.2).
Rights	Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 762-01.jpg
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