2016/06/02 by Eleri H. Cousins · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical and Religious Studies of Rome #Classical Studies and Legal History #Classical Antiquity Studies #Context (archaeology) #Iconography #Art #Empire #Celtic languages #Art history #Archaeology #Cartography #Humanities #History #Geography
paper · doi:10.1017/s0068113x16000131
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ABSTRACT This paper attempts to put the Gorgon from the pediment of the Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath into a wider provincial context, by arguing for links between the Gorgon and first- and early second-century imitations in Gaul and Spain of the iconography of the Forum of Augustus in Rome. These imitations, part of what might be called a ‘visual language of empire’, served to connect the urban spaces of the provinces to Rome; by linking the Gorgon to this trend and setting aside interpretations of the Gorgon which have focused on his perceived status as a ‘Romano-Celtic’ masterpiece, we can justify more satisfactorily his position as the centrepiece of a pediment dominated by imperial imagery.