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The Tom and Nan Riley Collection of Roman Portrait Sculptures
URL: http://www.vroma.org/~riley/

Description:
This collection "dating to the period when Rome was at its greatest prosperity -- the first century B.C. to the third century A.D. -- is especially good at introducing students ... to the diversity of the Roman world [ranging from patricians to plebeians]." Features images, physical descriptions, and associated material about portrait sculptures depicting Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Hadrian, a Roman matron, a young man, and others. From the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.

LII Topics: Art, History By Place, Italy and Rome, Sculpture & Sculptors

Publisher:
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Extra Keywords
Art in Roman Life: Villa to Grave

LII Database Information:
Record 24288 created by Maria Brandt on 08/13/2007
Last modification on 08/13/2007
Published: 08/15/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24288

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