VII On the introduction of stone entablatures in republican temples in Rome

Davies, Penelope J. E.

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“…For colored marbles in Rome more generally, De Nuccio and Ungaro 2002. 5 Fant 1999;Pensabene 1998Pensabene , 2002Bradley 2006;Davies 2012;Hallett 2018. On the particular connections between white marble, notions of divinity, and victory temples, see Barry 2011 andPopkin 2015, 299.…”

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Down from the roof: reframing plants in Augustan art

Crawford-Brown

2022

J. Roman Archaeol.

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The Augustan marble “revolution” marked more than the substitution of one building material for another. It changed Rome's color, texture, and light, and visually redefined its sacred architecture. For centuries, temples in and around Rome had been decorated with brightly painted architectural terracottas, which typically featured a swirling array of plants and flowers. Terracotta was the material of sacred tradition, and the vegetal motifs employed on temples evoked a pious Italic past. The lush array of plant life present in Augustan art has not been adequately considered against this background. This paper explores the use of traditional plant motifs in Augustan art and architecture, with an emphasis on viewer response. It considers the so-called Campana reliefs before turning to a more detailed analysis of the Ara Pacis's vegetal panels. These, I argue, consciously evoked ancient temple decoration and drew it into the new visual language of the Augustan Principate.

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