There is no satisfactory, universally accepted explication of the two sphinxes depicted on the shoulder straps of the cuirass, on either side of the head of the statue of Augustus found in the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta. Interpreting the sphinx as a symbol of apotheosis allows us to put forward another view of the two hybrid creatures and likewise to re-examine other figures in this iconography, as well as the date assigned to the work.Sur la statue d’Auguste découverte dans la villa de Livie à Prima Porta, les deux sphinx représentés sur les épaulières de la cuirasse, de part et d’autre de la tête du Princeps, n’ont pas reçu d’explication satisfaisante ni qui fasse consensus. Une interprétation du sphinx comme symbole d’apothéose permet...
Proper right (viewer's left) side of Sphinx face; The pyramid complex of Chephren, Cheops' son and s...
Ravaisson Félix. Le piédestal antique de la statue colossale de la Victoire découverte dans l'île de...
International audienceResearch in Medieval and Modern History of Art offers pioneering work on the i...
Figure I. Œdipe et la sphinx, cratère en calice de Lecce, vers 470 av. J.-C. Museo Priv. Sigismondo ...
Les sphinx représentés aussi bien sur le Vase François (quatre occurrences) que sur l’Olpè Chigi (un...
Doukellis Panagiotis N. Le sphinx de Chios : A. Zaharou-Loutrari, Le sphinx de Chios. La longue hist...
J. M. Moret's book (Oedipe, La sphinx et les Thébains) poses very widely the questions about the ima...
The study of the bronze head so called Apollo, preserved in the archaeological museum of Nîmes (Fran...
Héron de Villefosse Antoine. Bas-relief en marbre acquis par le Louvre, représentant Sérapis, Isis, ...
Vol. 2. Dessin ; Sculpture ; Peinture ; Art industriel, 97 planches ; 66 cm« Les sphinx androcé...
Rebuffat René. Les divinités du jour naissant sur la cuirasse d'Auguste de Prima Porta. Recherche su...
The bronze statuette of Aphrodite (possibly accompanied by Eros) was found in the SW of France. It c...
While \u201cEgyptomania\u201d is rarely identified in medieval art, a sphinx of Paschalis Romanus is...
The sphinx has been a well-known motif from antiquity onwards till the present day. Especially in E...
Images of emperors of Julio-Claudian dynasty and especially the most famous representation of Octavi...
Proper right (viewer's left) side of Sphinx face; The pyramid complex of Chephren, Cheops' son and s...
Ravaisson Félix. Le piédestal antique de la statue colossale de la Victoire découverte dans l'île de...
International audienceResearch in Medieval and Modern History of Art offers pioneering work on the i...
Figure I. Œdipe et la sphinx, cratère en calice de Lecce, vers 470 av. J.-C. Museo Priv. Sigismondo ...
Les sphinx représentés aussi bien sur le Vase François (quatre occurrences) que sur l’Olpè Chigi (un...
Doukellis Panagiotis N. Le sphinx de Chios : A. Zaharou-Loutrari, Le sphinx de Chios. La longue hist...
J. M. Moret's book (Oedipe, La sphinx et les Thébains) poses very widely the questions about the ima...
The study of the bronze head so called Apollo, preserved in the archaeological museum of Nîmes (Fran...
Héron de Villefosse Antoine. Bas-relief en marbre acquis par le Louvre, représentant Sérapis, Isis, ...
Vol. 2. Dessin ; Sculpture ; Peinture ; Art industriel, 97 planches ; 66 cm« Les sphinx androcé...
Rebuffat René. Les divinités du jour naissant sur la cuirasse d'Auguste de Prima Porta. Recherche su...
The bronze statuette of Aphrodite (possibly accompanied by Eros) was found in the SW of France. It c...
While \u201cEgyptomania\u201d is rarely identified in medieval art, a sphinx of Paschalis Romanus is...
The sphinx has been a well-known motif from antiquity onwards till the present day. Especially in E...
Images of emperors of Julio-Claudian dynasty and especially the most famous representation of Octavi...
Proper right (viewer's left) side of Sphinx face; The pyramid complex of Chephren, Cheops' son and s...
Ravaisson Félix. Le piédestal antique de la statue colossale de la Victoire découverte dans l'île de...
International audienceResearch in Medieval and Modern History of Art offers pioneering work on the i...