Caracalla

Carcalla 211 CE

The sculpture of Caracalla shows the intensity and rigidness of a ruler that had never before been portrayed. The sculptor focused on his sternness and firece imagined that he embraced as a ruler. He shows no fear, a ruler that is determined and a fighter. Past sculptures of rulers just showed small body language with all of the same facial expressions just minor detail in characteristics. This sculpture shows that takes a deeper look into the ruler himself and the kind of person he was, not just what he looked like. It shows the emotion and intensity of his strong hand of rule and his iron fisted, no-nonsense demeanor. It shows that he is a true ruler, and not just a man who carries the title. The eyes of this man to me makes the whole sculpture. That determination is just something that we havent seen portrayed in a sculpture yet.

SEATED SCRIBE

To me the sculpture of the seated scribe shows how important the scribes person was in the villiage and town. Only those who were truly respected amongst the town had sculptures created of them. The man in the villiage who could write and scribe was a man of high class and great respect, and therefore this sculpture was modeled after him.

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Morris Fund-1933 "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri"

I chose this piece of art because of how it represents history and culture. Myself being a history guru it shows the lifestyle and culture that these people lived by in this time period. The photo is believed to represent trappers from the mid 19th century. With low means of transportation this shows the things they had to do to be able to survive in the time period. It truly represents the culture and ways of life during this historical time period.