Roman Sculpture

ROMAN SCULPTURE

Overview • Roman sculpture was originally styled after the Greek • Many examples of even the most famous Greek sculptures, such as the Apollo Belvedere and Barberini Faun, are known only from Roman Imperial or Hellenistic copies • Later developed to equestrian sculpture and portrait busts by the 20 th century BC

Apollo Belvedere

Barberini Faun

Equestrian sculpture • Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, gilded bronze, c. 173-76 C.E. (Capitoline Museums, Rome). • It was located near the Lateran Palace, until it was placed in the center of the Piazza del Campidoglio in 1538 by Michelangelo. • Marcus Aurelius ruled ca. 161-180 C.E.

Portrait busts Brutus

Julius Caesar

Roman woman

Cleopatra

Old market woman

Scenes from Roman sarcophagi Portonaccio sarcophagus with a battle

Children playing with nuts

Sarcophagus with the Calydonian hunt

Sarcophagus with the Four Seasons allegory (3rd century)