Improvisation 1
 
92x65cm
Acrylic on canvas
2020
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Improvisation: the bronze mask of Marcus Auerelius Antoninus Augustus, Emperor philosopher, one of the last great exponents of Stoicism school.
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The Roman sculpture portrait as the continuation of classic Greek culture. The Roman culture absorbed and redefined the great Greek heritage — the sense of perfection beauty and harmonized proportions. Unlike the Greek culture that was focused on representing the mythological heroes and gods, Romans have developed a school of realistic sculptural portrait aiming to represent real historical characters.
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Curious fact that unlike famous Greek sculptures we don't know any author of famous Roman sculptures. 
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The important fact is that the first time in history, we can observe real historical characters, because of the romans were focused on portrait, character and personal similarities!