Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . e is a magnificently decorative monument, though thedetail is at times dull, and even mediocre. However,it is certainly not my intention to discuss so famous awork, for and against which everything imaginablehas already been said.* As a fact, the portraits of thephilosophic Emperor, like those of his predecessor,Antoninus Pius, are neither impressive artistically, nordo thev reveal a particularly interesting the artist found no inspiration in his flat, somewhat meaningless, weak face, where notonly passio
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . e is a magnificently decorative monument, though thedetail is at times dull, and even mediocre. However,it is certainly not my intention to discuss so famous awork, for and against which everything imaginablehas already been said.* As a fact, the portraits of thephilosophic Emperor, like those of his predecessor,Antoninus Pius, are neither impressive artistically, nordo thev reveal a particularly interesting the artist found no inspiration in his flat, somewhat meaningless, weak face, where notonly passion, but character, seems obliterated, doubt-less reflects faithfully enough the features of the authorof the Meditations, of the homme parfaitement hon—the philosopher on the But when we study * Cf. Amelung-Holtzinger, i. p. 164 ; Renan, Marc Aurelc,remarks on the absence of style ; Iartiste na pas le droitdabdiquer toute cranerie a ce point. t Capitol, Galleria, 63 ; Museo delle Terme (Mariani-Vaglieri,p. 85, No. 59S). platp: cxix,.
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