#VERISTIC PORTRAITURE SKIN#

longing eyes, individual features, wrinkles, some realism head is hellenistic, citizen type (fleshy face, slightly open mouth)

#VERISTIC PORTRAITURE SKIN#

Veristic portrait, emphasis on skin and bones, stern expression, Roman Republican resistance of contamination of Hellenistic style Pompey's military success in the Hellenistic world informs its influence in his portrait eyes are personalized, so citizen type referenced Hellenistic Portrait, ruler type (hair, fleshy face) geometrical element, head constructed of rigid planesД®XAMPLES: 'Brutus' from Capitoline museum produced further from urban production centers Iconographic detail in the hair (busy, messy, spike in front) emphasis on skin, bone structure, wrinkles, baldness, ageДerived from the style of hellenistic elite - contained realism, not idealized like rulers, shows some wrinkles, not as dry as veristic, still fleshyДerived from Hellenistic kings' portraits (Alexander the great, eg) values purity of Roman culture over Hellenistic contamination Reference to portrait culture of patrician class in Rome, death masks, portraiture as status symbol Quintillian beauty ideals, moral & ethical values of artistic styles (classical = suitable for rulers because it expressed balance) 'Prima Porta' portrait type: small mouth, triangular head, crab claw motif, idealized (he was in his 50s), contrapposto highlights Augustus's role as spiritual as well as political leader (toga, ritual objects in hands) idealizing Hellenistic style of representation, contrasts with Republican realism

Veristic portraiture