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<p>[QUOTE="Romancollector, post: 4662911, member: 106319"]I agree with Donna, the depiction of Marcus Aurelius does not match his contemporary portraits; the same can be said for Verus. Otho, Sev Alexander and Gordian III also look odd to me. I do like the artist's rendering of Galba, which seems to be more accurate compared to contemporary depictions.</p><p><br /></p><p>ALSO: it is interesting that the project stops with Carinus/Numerian. I suppose it is hard to accurately depict emperors from the tetrarchy onwards due to the stylization of late antique portraits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Romancollector, post: 4662911, member: 106319"]I agree with Donna, the depiction of Marcus Aurelius does not match his contemporary portraits; the same can be said for Verus. Otho, Sev Alexander and Gordian III also look odd to me. I do like the artist's rendering of Galba, which seems to be more accurate compared to contemporary depictions. ALSO: it is interesting that the project stops with Carinus/Numerian. I suppose it is hard to accurately depict emperors from the tetrarchy onwards due to the stylization of late antique portraits.[/QUOTE]
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