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Monday, July 30, 2012

Iconografia statuaria romana antica: "C" -- testa di CARACALLA (Palazzo Farnese till 1786)

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The IMPACT of the turned head and the ferocious GAZE of the bust of CARACALLA was given GREAT HISTORICAL resonance by the fact that it represented an EMPEROR whose murder of his own brother and whose ruthless rule were familiar to every educated European.

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