It represents the Tetrarchs. This is a term which has been coined to indicate the emperors of the system of government created by the emperor Diocletian. In 285 he designated his fellow general Maximian as co-emperor. in 293 the designated two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinated to Diocletian and Maximian who became senior emperors (Augusti). This system had been termed the tetrarchy (rule by four in Greek). Hence the term tetrarchs for the four emperors.
The statue of the Four Tetrarchs represents the four co-emperors established in Emperor Diocletian's tetrarchy.
One of Diocletian's reforms was what historians have called the tetrarchy (rule by four). In 285 he appointed fellow general Maximian as co-emperor. Maximian took overall control of the western part of the Roman Empire, while Diocletian took overall control of the eastern part. Then these two men became senior emperors (Augusti) with the creation of two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinates of the Augusti in 293. The empire was subdivided into four praetorian provinces, each headed by one of the tetrarchs. The two Caesars were Galerius and Constantius Chorus.
The four praetorian prefectures of Galliae (Gaul, Britannia and Hispania) which was under Constantius Chorus, Italia et Africa, which was under Maximian, Illyricum (the Balkan Peninsula except for Thracia, in the southeast, next to modern Turkey) which was under Galerius, and Oriens (Thracia, the territories in Asia and Egypt) which was under Diocletian.
What does the Roman portrait sculpture The Four Tetrarchs represent?
The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.
Greek sculpture influenced the Romans from the 2nd century BC. Prominent 1st century BC and 1st century AD Romans such as Cicero and Pliny the Elder greatly admired the innovative work of classical Greek sculpture artists, such as Polykleitos. However, the Romans did not produce much sculpture based on the classical Greek model. Their sculpture was predominantly portraiture (see below) until , from the 1st century AD, the Romans adopted Hellenistic sculpture, which took sculpture to a different level, as a model for their own sculpture. Prior to the influence of Greek sculpture, Roman sculpture was portraiture sculpture (busts). Their portraiture sculpture is regarded as the best sculpture of this kind ever produced.
Figures are carved in high relief with deep undercutting.
Areas temporarily under the influence of the roman empire
Greek and Roman mythology influenced renaissance, baroque and neoclassical sculpture and renaissance and baroque painting, which sometimes used classical mythology themes as their subjects. European literature also sometimes took up themes from classical mythology.
Walter Hatto Gross has written: 'Iulia Augusta' -- subject(s): Art 'Bildnisse Traians' -- subject(s): Coins, Roman, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Portraits, Roman Coins, Roman Portrait sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Sculpture, Roman
Alexander Mlasowsky has written: 'Herrscher und Mensch' -- subject(s): Art collections, Busts, Exhibitions, Marble sculpture, Roman, Portrait sculpture, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Private collections, Roman Marble sculpture, Roman Portrait sculpture 'Imagines Imperii: griechische und r omische Bildnisse einer norddeutschen Sammlung' -- subject(s): OUR Brockhaus selection, Plastic Arts, Sculpture, Sculpture Plastic Arts
It represents the Tetrarchs. This is a term which has been coined to indicate the emperors of the system of government created by the emperor Diocletian. In 285 he designated his fellow general Maximian as co-emperor. in 293 the designated two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinated to Diocletian and Maximian who became senior emperors (Augusti). This system had been termed the tetrarchy (rule by four in Greek). Hence the term tetrarchs for the four emperors.
Sally-Ann Ashton has written: 'Ptolemaic royal sculpture from Egypt' -- subject(s): Catalogs, Egyptian Portrait sculpture, Egyptian Sculpture, Egyptian influences, Greek influences, Hellenistic Portrait sculpture, Hellenistic Sculpture 'Roman Egyptomania' 'Petrie's Ptolemaic and Roman Memphis' -- subject(s): Egyptian Portrait sculpture, Egyptian Sculpture, Hellenistic Sculpture, Influences, Petrie Collection of Egyptian Antiquities
It represents the Tetrarchs. This is a term which has been coined to indicate the emperors of the system of government created by the emperor Diocletian. In 285 he designated his fellow general Maximian as co-emperor. in 293 the designated two junior emperors (Caesars) who were subordinated to Diocletian and Maximian who became senior emperors (Augusti). This system had been termed the tetrarchy (rule by four in Greek). Hence the term tetrarchs for the four emperors.
There are no examples of Roman portrait painting. The Romans did not do paintings of canvas. Roman portraiture was sculptural; that is, busts. Roman paintings were frescoes. These were mural paintings executed on freshly-laid, wet lime plaster. They had all sorts of busy scenes and were not used for portraits.
Karl Schefold has written: 'Die Bildnisse der antiken Dichter, Redner und Denker' -- subject(s): Greek Portrait sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Portrait sculpture, Greek, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Roman Portrait sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Roman 'Meisterwerke griechischer Kunst' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Greek Art 'Die Griechen und ihre Nachbarn' -- subject(s): Ancient Art, Art, Ancient, Art, Greco-Roman, Art, Greek, Greek Art 'Gods and heroes in late archaic Greek art' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Gods in art, Greek Art, Mythology, Greek, in art 'Kertscher Vasen' -- subject(s): Greek Vases, Vase-painting, Greek, Vases, Greek 'The art of classical Greece' -- subject(s): Art, Greek, Greek Art
Wolfgang Kuhoff has written: 'La grande Roma dei Tarquini' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Roman, City walls, Historiography, History, In literature, Roman Antiquities 'Felicior Augusto melior Traiano' -- subject(s): Emperors, History, Monuments, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Portraits, Propaganda, Roman, Roman Portrait sculpture, Roman Propaganda
J. M. C. Toynbee has written: 'Roman historical portraits' -- subject(s): Ancient History, Biography, History, Ancient, Portrait sculpture, Roman, Portraits, Roman Portrait sculpture 'Roman medallions' -- subject(s): Medals 'The Hadrianic school' -- subject(s): Greek Sculpture, Numismatics, Roman Sculpture, Sculpture, Greek, Sculpture, Roman 'Art in Britain under the Romans' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Roman, Art, Art, Roman, Roman Antiquities, Roman Art 'The shrine of St. Peter and the Vatican excavations' -- subject(s): Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano, Tomb 'Art in Roman Britain' -- subject(s): Art, Art, Roman, Exhibitions, Roman Art 'The Flavian reliefs from the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome' -- subject(s): Relief (Sculpture), Roman Sculpture, Rome (City), Rome (City) Palazzo della Cancelleria, Sculpture, Roman, Palazzo della Cancelleria (Rome, Italy)
The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.The Romans used the bust as the type of portrait sculpture of everyone. Full length statues were generally reserved for the imperial family and the gods.
In Terms of Portrait sculpture and also also in terms of traditional classical architecture
Eugenio La Rocca has written: 'I giorni di Roma' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Roman Sculpture, Roman Art 'I fori imperiali' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology), Forums, Roman, Pictorial works, Roman Forum (Rome, Italy), Roman Forums 'Ritratti' -- subject(s): Roman Coins, Roman Portraits, Roman Portrait sculpture, Ancient Portrait sculpture, Exhibitions 'Tradizione e innovazione' -- subject(s): Ancient Architecture, Space (Architecture), Architecture, Roman Architecture, Details 'The imperial fora' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Buildings, structures, Excavations (Archaeology), Forums, Roman, Pictorial works, Roman Forums 'Amazzonomachia' -- subject(s): Exhibitions, Friezes, Marble sculpture, Roman, Relief (Sculpture), Roman, Roman Marble sculpture, Tempio di Apollo Sosiano (Rome, Italy)