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Built rapidly to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, It differs from ealier arches by the use of 'spolia', the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings. Some theories had it that 4th Century artists had lost the skills necessary to produce such fine artwork but it is now thought that a combination of speed in construction and deliberate 'political' alignment of Constantine with earlier "good emperors" such as Trajan and Hadrian, motivated the re-use of the latters' artwork.
Canon EOS 60D
Canon 70-300 IS USM f4-5.6 lens
January 31, 2012
Constantine -
The city of bridges and a city carved into a rock.
The Arch of Constantine (Italian: Arco di Costantino) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, from which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings.
John Constantine se inició en el mundo de la magia siendo muy joven. Pronto alcanzó un amplio conocimiento de lo oculto que pagó con sangre y con vidas humanas. Quizá no sea el hechicero más poderoso, pero sí es el más astuto. Su temperamento manipulador y su absoluta falta de escrúpulos le permiten embaucar a magos muy superiores a él, e incluso a seres casi omnipotentes. Hoy, desde su base de operaciones en la ciu- dad de New York, lidera la Liga de la Justicia Oscura y procura sobrevivir a la venganza de los muchos enemigos que se ha creado.
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Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Constantine the Great was the first Christian emperor of Rome, and his reign had a profound effect on the subsequent development of the Roman, later Byzantine, world. By 325 he had succeeded in reunifying the empire, having defeated the last of his former tetrarchic colleagues, the eastern emperor Licinius. He thereafter aimed to establish a new dynasty and to found a new capital, named Constantinople after himself. Christianity played an important role not only in Constantine’s personal life and success, but also in the program of reform and renewal that he had planned for the Roman Empire.
Although the court and administration no longer resided at Rome, Constantine was careful not to neglect the old imperial city and adorned it with many new secular and Christian buildings. The most famous of these is the triumphal arch, the Arch of Constantine, which still stands near the Colosseum. Similarly, the fragments of a colossal statue that now adorn the courtyard of the Museo del Palazzo dei Conservatori in Rome, probably once stood in imposing grandeur in the main hall of the Basilica of Maxentius, a building that was completed by Constantine. Both of these works contain re-used material from earlier monuments, a practice that was not only economical but probably was also intended to shed reflected glory of the emperor by associating his reign in a very direct and practical way with that of famous “good” emperors from the past. The long face, neatly arranged hairstyle, and the clean-shaven appearance of this portrait head are a deliberate attempt to evoke memories of earlier rulers such as Trajan, who in the later third and fourth centuries was seen as an ideal example of a Roman emperor. Certainly, by the time that the head was set up, as part of either a bust or, more probably, an over life-sized statue, Constantine had adopted an official image that was intended to set him apart from his immediate predecessors.
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Roman, Late Imperial Period, 312-315
Marble
With his youthful, beardless face and smooth features, Constantine appears here as he does in much of his official imagery. His wide eyes, detailed with carved pupils and irises, look straight ahead; a thick cap of hair, distinguished by comma-shaped locks, falls across his forehead. For his portraits, Constantine adopted the features of his role models, the emperors Augustus and Trajan, who ruled during the Empire's golden ages. Sometimes, earlier portraits of Augustus were even recut and reused to portray Constantine, which may be the case here.
He wears a wreath of oak leaves, a “civic crown” awarded by the Roman Senate symbolizing his divine association with Jupiter, the chief Roman god. Constantine was awarded this honor twice (312 and 315), indicating an approximate date for this rare head. The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity, Constantine continued to observe pagan traditions as he presided over the delicate transition to a new state religion.
(From the Museum of Fine Arts)