Equestrian Statue
a. How does this work express the period?
b. How does it express the patron?
c. What is the intent of this work?
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a. It reiterates the desire of Charlemagne to renew the Roman Empire.
b. It reverberates the pretensions of Charlemagne. This work is based on a lost work of Theodoric, the first Germanic ruler of Rome; however, the original model is the mounted equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. The Carolingian sculptor created his work in the same manner; the figure is enlarged so the focus is on the man and not the horse.
c. He is portrayed as the ruler: the heir to the might of Rome. Unlike Marcus Aurelius, Charlemagne is garbed in imperial robes rather than armor and his sword is sheathed. It expresses the authority and power of a renewed Rome.
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