The Blacas Cameo, cameo portrait of Augustus, about AD 14-20, Moi, Auguste, Empereur de Rome exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The Blacas Cameo, cameo portrait of Augustus, about AD 14-20, Moi, Auguste, Empereur de Rome exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris / Following Hadrian
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | London, British Museum'The Blacas Cameo'This cameo was carved from a three-layered sardonyx. It is a fragment of a larger portrait of the first Roman emperor, Augustus (27 BC - AD 14). He is shown in a majestic pose, and wears a sword-belt, symbolizing his military authority, and the aegis usually associated with the goddess Minerva. The jewelled headband was added in the medieval period.Such a depiction of the emperor, one that openly assumes a divine attribute, was probably only intended to be seen by a few. It could have proved controversial for such an image to have been spread widely, since Roman society was still very mistrustful of monarchy, with many hoping for a return to the Republic. The Roman Republic, a system whereby Rome and its territories were governed by the people without a single fixed head of state, had been swept away in a series of bloody civil wars from which Augustus emerged as the sole ruler. Nevertheless, images of Augustus that were intended for a wider audience, such as those on coins and statues, were necessarily quite modest during his lifetime. |
| 撮影日 | 2014-07-12 11:40:16 |
| 撮影者 | Following Hadrian , FRANKFURT, Germany |
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| カメラ | NIKON D5100 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.3 |
| 焦点距離 | 80 mm |