Ancient Roman Marble Sculptures. Hellenistic and ancient greek sculpture had a significant influence on roman statuary reflected by the great amount of pieces copied from the greek counterparts the most celebrated example is the roman apollo belvedere despite the many similarities great differences still existed between the two civilizations view of art. Ancient roman sculptors are predominantly known for two types of marble sculptures. The archaic from about 650 to 480 bc classical 480 323 and hellenistic.
The sculpture of ancient greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient greek art as with the exception of painted ancient greek pottery almost no ancient greek painting survives. The study of roman sculpture is complicated by its relation to greek sculpture many examples of even the most famous greek sculptures such as the apollo belvedere and barberini faun are known only from roman imperial or hellenistic copies.
At all periods there were great numbers.
Starting with augustus the first emperor roman leaders started to use statues as propaganda. Portraits or busts and marble copies of greek bronzes. The sculpture of ancient greece is the main surviving type of fine ancient greek art as with the exception of painted ancient greek pottery almost no ancient greek painting survives. During the republican era artists carved realistic portraits of people including political leaders military officials and historians from the chest or neck up known as busts these life sized works are celebrated for their impressively.
