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What do first century portrait busts reveal about Roman art?

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Under the emperors from Tiberius through the Flavians (AD 14-AD 96) portrait busts reveal in general a growing concern with effects of pictorial refinement and psychological penetration. The magnificent reliefs from the Arch of Titus, Rome, commemorating the conquest of Jerusalem in AD 70, mark a climax in the development of illusionism in historical relief sculpture.

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