How did various emperors from Augustus to Constantine use portraits to project their image?

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History

 

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Calvin D

 

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January 28, 2016

 

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Of course these are differences between 500 years of Empire and the important are clearly noted below. After Augustus settled in power, the type of portrait chosen to represent himself, and a regular favourite of other emperors, was the Prospective Portrait “which looks forward toward what may come to be” (Breckenridge, 1981, pp...
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The Augustan artists created images with some degree of idealization to represent the notion of anticipated achievement; we see Augustus as an eternal hero in a variety of aspects of political, military and religious life. This is now known as the classical style of portraiture. Augustus intended to present himself as Princeps or First Citizen, character created to give an illusion of continuity of the Roman Republic and place the Emperor within the society, but always advertising his personal qualities and achievements and justify his personal position in public monuments...
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