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Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus, Livia, and Octavia – Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1809-1819
1media/Augustus Prima Porta.jpg2016-07-25T16:24:42-07:00Step Six: The Age of Augustus (1:00)9gallery2016-07-28T10:24:29-07:00 In this unit we will explore Augustan numismatics in the larger context of the Roman world during Augustus' lifetime. For context watch the lecture from Victoria Győri on “The Age of Augustus” (here is a transcript of of Dr. Győri's lecture). The lecture covers many of the topics, coins, and other works of art that we have been discussing so far. In addition, it discusses two important Augustan literary works: Virgil’s Aeneid and Augustus’ own Res Gestae.
The big question we will consider is how and in what way(s) do all these forms of visual and literary media promote and reflect Augustus’ leadership?
See also:
AUGUSTUSVGlecture.pdf AUGUSTUSVGlectureimages.pdf
Listening for Leadership
Possible Group Activity
1media/Augustus Prima Porta.jpg2016-07-25T16:16:33-07:00Deeper Cuts Two: Augustus' Family in Context4gallery2016-07-27T18:25:55-07:00 In this unit, we will see how Augustus and members of his family appear in contemporary works of art (e.g. (e.g. statuary, reliefs, cameos, and gems). What type of leadership role(s) was the Augustan family seen in on other artistic media? What similarities and/or differences can you find to coinage?
Some general questions for consideration and discussion:
The use of the medium of a coin is indeed different than, say, the use of the medium of architecture. While the Forum Augustum, for instance, is stationary and can only viewed in life at Rome (of course, iconographical motifs and elements of the Forum complex have been copied or adopted on other artistic media – but, here I am referring to the whole physical structure and space of the Forum Augustum), coins were issued to be mass produced and distributed to a large number of people who were probably scattered over a wide, geographical area. However, all these different forms of visual media clearly worked together to promote and reflect Augustus’ leadership. Why and in what way(s)?
