of details which makes Romanmonuments more useful to the student of antiquities than themore conventional works of Greek art. The figure of the Vestalcannot be earlier than the time of the Severi, and ranks highamongst the portraits of that date.^ The highest achievement of the Roman sculptor was… … Statue of Augustus from Prima Porta. C C 2 388 • AET CHAP. VIII the domain of bas-relief. Here the native instinct for the exactrepresentation of elaborate ceremonial could find free play. Scenesof sacrifice and triumph, solemn processions and court functions,were repeated with little variation in…
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