Lion.Kanzen Posted September 24, 2022 Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) Start this task by drawing the Roman patron city guardian Roma. I'm going to do at least 3 variations. Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted September 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) Images of Roma had elements in common with other goddesses, such as Rome's Minerva, her Greek equivalent Athena and various manifestations of Greek Tyches, who protected Greek city-states; among these, Roma stands dominant, over piled weapons that represent her conquests, and promising protection to the obedient. Her "Amazonian". Roman coinage shows a warlike "Amazon" type, possibly Roma but in Mellor's opinion, more likely a genius than dea (goddess). During the late Second Punic war and the Pyrrhic war, Rome issued coins with a Phrygian helmeted head; some are stamped 'Roma". In later coin issues, Roma wears varieties of the Attic helmet, the standard pattern for Roman army officers. In cases where clear coin legends are lacking, identification has been unresolved. Other female members of Romes's official pantheon were also helmeted, including Bellona, and Minerva, the latter being equivalent to Greek Athena, who is believed by some scholars to be Roma's original.[6] The earliest, more-or-less unequivocal coin identification of Roma is a silver stater of c275 BC issued by Rome's ethnically Greek allies at Locri, on the Italian peninsula. It shows an enthroned woman with shield and other war-gear, clearly labelled as Roma. Another woman, labelled as Pistis (Greek equivalent to Roman Fides, or "good faith"), stands before Roma with a crown of leaves raised above her head. A Roman denarius of 114/115 shows Roma with Romulus, Remus and the she-Wolf, the mythological beast who fostered them, and nourished them with her milk; the coin image implies that Roma has protected and nourished Rome since its very foundation. Her "Amazonian" appearance recalls the fierce, barbaric, bare-breasted Amazons who fought in the Trojan war alongside the Trojans, supposed ancestors of the Romans. Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted September 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2022 (edited) second more Hellenistic variation. Edited September 24, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted September 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 I need to clean and polish it a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted September 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2022 more references. Luperca (she wolf). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 (edited) Edited October 21, 2022 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 bonus extra hellenistic art etruscan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 I don't decide the she-wolf in which pose. and whether or not to include the twins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted May 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) Maybe if you ask Sundiata he can draw you one of these. Instead of using the Roman fasces which is more a symbol of Roman law and justice and is rarely seen in iconography. In addition, the Romans represented the faces charged by the lictores. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lictor Edited May 23, 2023 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted March 15 Author Report Share Posted March 15 (edited) I was making sketches. About she wolf Luperca. Edited March 15 by Lion.Kanzen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 4 hours ago This is making a sketch with several ideas. One is this one. I haven't finished and polished it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted 4 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 4 hours ago Just now, Lion.Kanzen said: This is making a sketch with several ideas. One is this one. 832.39 kB · 0 downloads I haven't finished and polished it yet. My idea for this was this illustration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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