The Artwork of Arles Bust - 635 Words

The artwork Ive chosen is the â€Å"Arles bust†. Its a sculpture showing allegedly Julius Caesar. The only part found in the Rhone River, near Arles, is the bust. It has no title but we often refers to him under the name of â€Å"Arles bust†. Its dimension are life-size. The category it belongs to is spatial arts. The author is unknown and will probably never be found : back to the Ancient Rome, sculptors were rarely known. According to the facts that its supposed to be the only representation of Caesar during his lifetime, and that Arles became a Roman colony in 49 BC, we can suppose that this sculpture was realized between 49 BC and 44 BC (because he was killed in 44 BC). The commissioner was probably Caesar himself, or someone close to him : during the Ancient Rome, wealthy admirers of politicians often paid for those kind of gift (which were quite expensive). It can also be a part of his family : sculptures were also a way for the descendants of aristocratic family to show their ancestors. This sculpture was discovered by the French Department of Subaquatic Archaeological Research in 2007, with about 700 other artifacts from the Ancient Rome. It was on view in the exhibition â€Å"Cà ©sar, le Rhone pour mà ©moire†, along with the other discoveries. In this part of the sculpture, we see Caesar, without a nose and with an already important hair loss that he hid, as Suetonius reports, by bringing his hair o the front of his head. Because its supposed to be the oldest representation of