Sarcophagus with the myth of Orestes, ca. Figure 7-60

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Figure 7-60 Sarcophagus with the myth of Orestes, ca. 140–150 CE. Marble, 2’ 7 1/2” high. Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland.
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Figure 7-61 Asiatic sarcophagus with kline portrait of a woman, from Rapolla, near Melfi, Italy, ca. 165–170 CE. Marble,
5’ 7” high. Museo Nazionale Archeologico del Melfese, Melfi.
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Figure 7-63 Painted
portrait of Septimius
Severus and his family,
from Egypt, ca. 200
CE. Tempera on wood,
1’ 2” diameter.
Staatliche Museen,
Berlin.
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Figure 7-64A Portrait of Caracalla,
ca. 211–217 CE. Marble, 1’ 2”
high. Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.
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Figure 7-70 Battle of Romans and barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus), from Rome, Italy, ca. 250–260 CE. Marble, 5’ high.
Museo Nazionale Romano-Palazzo Altemps, Rome.
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7-67 Frigidarium, Baths of Diocletian, Rome, ca. 298-306 CE (remodeled by Michelangelo as the nave of
Santa Maria degli Angeli, 1563).
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Figure 7-69 Heroic portrait of Trebonianus Gallus, from Rome,
Italy, 251–253 CE. Bronze, 7’ 11” high. Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York.
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Figure 7-71 Sarcophagus of a philosopher, ca. 270–280 CE. Marble, 4’ 11” high. Vaticani, Rome.
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Figure 7-73 Portraits of the four tetrarchs,
from Constantinople, ca. 305 CE. Porphyry,
4’ 3” high. Saint Mark’s, Venice.
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Figure 7-74 Restored view of the palace of Diocletian, Split, Croatia, ca. 298-306.
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Figure 7-77 Portrait of Constantine, from the
Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy, ca. 315–330 CE.
Marble, 8’ 6” high. Musei Capitolini, Rome.
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Figure 7-75 Arch of Constantine (south side), Rome, Italy, 312–315 CE.
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Figure 7-74 Distribution of largess, detail of the north frieze of the Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy,
312–315 CE. Marble, 3’ 4” high.
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