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<p>[QUOTE="Ryan McVay, post: 7686408, member: 117904"][USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] Many thanks. I hope the kids took my "Father's Day" list to heart. If not then I'll be making the CNG book my present to myself!</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, there are a lot of variances. I am more interested in the younger portraits as they appear to be more realistic in style. That could be due to many different facotrs- like falling out of favor with the Roman citizens or Roman's needing to see a "strong" looking portrait (even if not real) for confidence!</p><p>This series is a start to a collection that I am working on: Child Emperors. This was driven by a review of the following book. <a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664818.001.0001/acprof-9780199664818" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664818.001.0001/acprof-9780199664818" rel="nofollow">https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664818.001.0001/acprof-9780199664818</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks again!</p><p>Ryan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryan McVay, post: 7686408, member: 117904"][USER=97383]@Al Kowsky[/USER] Many thanks. I hope the kids took my "Father's Day" list to heart. If not then I'll be making the CNG book my present to myself! I agree, there are a lot of variances. I am more interested in the younger portraits as they appear to be more realistic in style. That could be due to many different facotrs- like falling out of favor with the Roman citizens or Roman's needing to see a "strong" looking portrait (even if not real) for confidence! This series is a start to a collection that I am working on: Child Emperors. This was driven by a review of the following book. [URL]https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199664818.001.0001/acprof-9780199664818[/URL] Thanks again! Ryan[/QUOTE]
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