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Post date: Apr 20, 2011 1:46:58 PM
Reed College has recently published on the world wide web a comprehensive website on the Ara Pacis Augustae. This comprehensive site is the result of a two year collaboration between Charles Rhyne, Professor Emeritus, Art History, Web Support Services, and the Visual Resources Center, all at Reed College. As stated in the preface of the site:
"The main purpose of this web site is to make available a more comprehensive body of images of the Ara Pacis than previously available in any print or web publication. The Ara Pacis Augustae is a complex masterpiece, with elaborate reliefs including more than a hundred figures and voluminous vegetation filled with the details of nature. It is also a much damaged and reconstructed monument, making it important to distinguish original from later portions and more recent changes. This web site attempts to provide in-depth visual documentation in support of the in-depth scholarly publications that have so enriched our understanding of Augustan art and society."
If you're interested in the images on this site, please see their copyright statement on usage of images.
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