Crisis of the Third Century: Art of the Late Empire to Constantine


gessii

Funerary Relief with portraits of the Gessii, From Rome (?), Italy, ca. 30 BCE, marble, approx. 2' 1 1/2" high. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(compare with the freedman reliefs shown below from the British Museum in London)

  vendor
Funerary Relief of a vegetable vendor, Ostia, Italy, second half of second century AD, painted terracotta, approx 1' 5", Museo Ostiense, Italy
brawl
Brawl in the Pompeii amphitheater, wall painting from House I, 3, 23, Pompeii, Italy, ca. 60-79 AD, approx. 5' 7" x 6'1", Museo Naxionale, Naples
-Nucerians vs. Pompeiians riot in 59 AD
ant_pius_thumb
Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, ca. 161 AD, marble, approx. 8" 1 1/2" high, Vatican Museums, Rome
decursio_thumb

Decursio, pedestal of the Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, ca. 161 AD, marble, approx. 8" 1 1/2" high, Vatican Museums, Rome
panthaer


Pantheon (aerial view), Rome, Italy, 118-125 CE
parth

Iktinos and Kallikrates, Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Parthenos (view from the northwest). Acropolis, Athens, Greece, 447-438 BCE
argent


Arch of the Argentarii, Rome (Forum Boarium), AD 204
(attached to the medieval church of San Giorgio in Velabro)
Erected by the argentarii (money lenders) and the livestock traders who had their businesses in this area (Froum Boarium)
argrelief



Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, Arch of the Argentarii, Rome, Italy, AD 204
archss

Arch of Septimius Severus, Roman Forum, Rome. AD 203, travertine with columns of Proconnesian marble. Height c. 67' 6"
archssrelief

Relief (detail) Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome
archssspanrel

Spandrel Relief (detail), Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome
decius



Decius (ruled 249-251 AD), Museo Capitolino, Rome
phil



Phillip the Arab (ruled 244-249 AD), marble, height 2' 4", Musei Vaticani, Rome
plotinus



Plotinus (3rd century philosopher), c. 1' 2", Ostia Museum
tetrarchs



Portraits of the four tetrarchs, from Constantinople, c. 305 AD, porphyry, approx. 4' 3", Saint Mark's, Venice
diocletianpalace

Palace of Diocletian, Split, c. 300 AD, c. 650 x 550'
diocletpalacesperistyle

Peristyle, colonnaded street, Palace of Diocletian, Split


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