Art, Status and Power

Republican precedents
o Coinage
o Portrait sculpture

Augustan Propaganda
o Ara Pacis in Campus Martius
o Augustus of Prima Porta
o Obelisks (< Egypt)
 cf. Tomb of Cestius
o Tomb of Augustus (-> Tomb of Hadrian)

Triumphal Arches
o Arch of Titus: Jewish War
o Arch of Septimius Severus

Triumphal Columns
o Column of Trajan (Dacian conquest)
o Column of Marcus Aurelius (German Wars)
—> Byzantine emperor Phocas, 608

Private Art

Sculpture
o Copies of Greek sculpture
o Greco-Roman originals (e.g. Laocoon)
o Realistic portraiture

Painting (mainly = Pompeian wall ptg.)
o Mythological Themes
o 'Sacral-idyllic' Landscape
o Still Life
o Scenes from everyday life
o Theatrical architecture

Mosaics (Wall & Floor)
o Hellenistic ptg. as models (Alexander)
o Black and white style

Minor Arts (glass, jewelry, etc.)
o Portland Vase

Art & Social Status
o 'Literary' portraits from Pompeii
o Faux-marble panels in wall painting