Procession Imperial Family, Ara Pacis
a. How is this procession significant?
b. How is it different from a Greek Classical procession?
c. Who commissioned this work?
d. Why is this commission significant?
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a. Augustus sought to present his new empire as an equal to the Periclean age of Athens.
b. This portrayal is of a specific event and the figures are recognizable people from the period. The presence of children also lends a charm lacking in a Classical process (Panathenaic Festival procession).
c. Augustus.
d. It celebrates the establishment of peace throughout the Empire and promotes the idea of family (patrician). The procession is of families, with mothers, fathers, and children moving in a stately fashion.
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