Portraiture and Propaganda

Curated by:  Student A, Student B, Student C

 

Curator's Statement: 

      This exhibition spans the early history of portraiture in an attempt to illustrate the development of the practice. As a means of portraying an individual or group, portraiture was unrivaled in the ancient world. Viewable and interpretable by cultured noblemen and illiterate peasants alike, an effective portrait could convey the ethos of a ruler or leader more powerfully than any words.....

 

 

 

The Stele of Naram-Sin

 

 

 

  

Statue of Khafre

 

 

 

 

The Alexander Mosaic

 

 

 

 

Augustus of Primaporta

 

 

 

 

Justinian and his Attendants

 

 

 

 

Enrico Scrovegni, detail from Giotto's Last Judgement, Arena Chapel