Augustus in Roman Inscriptions

AUGUSTUS IN ROMAN INSCRIPTION

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Here are two more examples of the word Augustus appearing in Roman Inscriptions.

Note the use of abbreviations. Imp for  Imperator 

Note the crisp sharp lettering!

Early Grapes

There is a long tradition in Western and European art of rendering vines and grapes in a variety of media, mosaic, fresco, oils, and carving or moulding. Here is one of the earliest examples of fresco.

Its Roman and we don't know if it was an original work or a copy as a fresco of a wax encaustic work but consider this the pattern of cracking suggests the wet plaster and then the paint was applied in one session ... yes one session and yet the degree of detail ... shadows highlights stems handles ... a still life masterpiece.

Grape Pressing - Roman

While researching Maenads and Satyrs I keep finding images of Satyrs and Silenoi pressing grapes but not Humans in Greek Classical but no human workers until I added Roman as a search parameter.

Even then I got several images of cupids pressing grapes but finally I found this image.

Its part of a larger mosaic showing activities linked to various months of the year.

The ancients seemed to have used much shallower vats then modern winegrowers. 

I'll be sharing more images of this activity over the next few blogs showing how depictions of workers changed over the centuries.

Romaninspired Font 19th century building

This beautiful example of a roman style font is on the front step of a Sydney building down near Darling Harbour. Share this reference shot with anyone interested in this particular neo-classical style.