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Why was physical appearance important in Roman culture? What does the portrait bust of Matidia communicate?

April 26, 2017Appearance Arts culture History Humanities physical portrait Roman

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Why was physical appearance important in Roman culture? What does the portrait bust of Matidia communicate?

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I’d say that bust communicates her rank (she was related to Trajan) and perhaps also motherly qualities. I may simply be reading this into it as those were traits that would have been valued in women in Roman society, but that’s what I see.