11 / The Urban Experience
| Artist / Origin |
Unknown artist(s), Rome
Region: Europe
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|---|---|
| Date |
13–9 BCE
Period: 500 BCE - 1 CE
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| Material |
Marble
Medium: Architecture and Planning
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| Dimensions | W: approx. 35 ft. (10.7 m.) |
| Location | Museum of the Ara Pacis, Rome, Italy |
| Credit | Courtesy of Scala/Art Resource, NY |
expert perspective
| Lisa SaltzmanProfessor of History of Art, Bryn Mawr College | ||
| Lothar HaselbergerProfessor of Roman Architecture, University of Pennsylvania |
expert perspective
“backThe Ara Pacis, which is in Rome, which was an altar to Augustan peace, was re-used, rededicated, renovated by Mussolini as a way of consolidating his empire, by looking back to that earlier moment of the Roman Empire.”
