Post your favourite Roman artwork

can you imagine what they would look like colored with paint and wax like this?

What caused the transition between that style of art and the idealised style used by Augustus and his successors? Was it just to display the emperor as powerful?

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I never said I gave a fuck about the gauls
still though, that doesn't change the fact that its a copy of a Greek original

Roman portraiture didn't disappear when the emperors started shitting out idealized propaganda statues. Emperors simply started to adopt greek idealized styles for their public pieces, while busts (which were actually meant as portraits) kept realistic styles until the late 3rd century, when a simpler and angular style took over. The reason for the change is still heavily debated, but given the timing it's likely the 3rd century pestilences simply caused the loss of technical knowledge.

I mean look up a few examples. You can't possibly tell me that Nero's bust is idealized. Or Vespasian's, Galba's, Decius's.
Pic related is late 1st century, hardly an Apollo.

>implying the best period of Roman portraiture isn't the weird super stylised later stuff

>romans
>not just shitty copies of patrician greek masterpieces

Thanks for the insight. Could you recommend any reading material that would go in depth about this topic?

amazon.com/Imperial-Rome-Christian-Triumph-100-450/dp/0192842013
amazon.com/Antique-Medieval-Mediterranean-Blackwell-Anthologies/dp/140512072X

Thank you. The way emperors such as Augustus used art to influence public perception has always been a fascinating topic for me, people like you make Veeky Forums a better place t b h.

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Fucking damnit I came here to post this

Can I get a quick rundown?