Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . The Antonine column stood not farfrom the Aurelian, close to the Piazza del Monte inscription records that it was set up to Antoninusby his sons, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Itwas of plain granite, and carried a statue of thedeified emperor. The pedestal now stands in thespacious apse of the Giardino della Pigna of theVatican (Amelung, Vaticanische Sculpturen, p. 883,No. 223).$ On the front panel of the basis is theapotheosis of the imperial couple, who are shown inhalf length borne up to heaven on the outstretchedwings of a win
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . The Antonine column stood not farfrom the Aurelian, close to the Piazza del Monte inscription records that it was set up to Antoninusby his sons, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Itwas of plain granite, and carried a statue of thedeified emperor. The pedestal now stands in thespacious apse of the Giardino della Pigna of theVatican (Amelung, Vaticanische Sculpturen, p. 883,No. 223).$ On the front panel of the basis is theapotheosis of the imperial couple, who are shown inhalf length borne up to heaven on the outstretchedwings of a winged male figure. The design is similar tothat of the Apotheosis of Plotina on the Hadrianic panelin the Conversatori (Plate LXXI. Fig. 2). The nudegenius is boldly made to cut across the design, recallingin this the figure that bears the deified Augustus on the * For the cult of Asclepios in Rome, see Preller, RomischeMythologie, pp. 406-408. t For the inscription see Dessau, vol, i. p. 88, No. The description is by Petersen. ATE BASIS OF TlIK COLUMN OF ANTONINUS IlUS J>id<-,-ionTo face J). 270 aiaidino della Pigna—Vuticun THE ANTONINE PERIOD 271 cameo in Paris. He carries the globe, symbol of power,encircled by the snake, symbol of eternity. On eitherside of the deified couple, just above the wings of thegenius, fly the eagles as emblems of the , on the left, reclines a youth impersonatingthe Campus Martins with the obelisk of Augustus{gnovwn in campo *) in his lap. On the right sits Roma,leaning on her shield, which bears as emblem the wolfsuckling the twins. At the back of the basis is theinscription. The reliefs of the two sides are decoratedwith identical representations of the military displayor decursio that took place on the occasion of animperial deification. In the centre are two groups offoot-soldiers, each led by a standard-bearer; aroundthis central group a troop of cavalry gallop in a mannerwhich to the modern spectator irres
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