Statues of ancient Roman leaders were made in part to serve the community at that time. It had role to play. “In a society without newspapers or photographs,
public statuary was an important source of information and communication. A whole category of battle and heroic sculpture filled the citizenry’s need for information on conquests made by Roman armies.” (Mandel)
The roman emperors had their sculptors to ‘capture’ in the form of art to remind its people of how important they were in society. Similar to the Hollywood culture, where photographers take millions of pictures of the elite in Hollywood, important people in that era, was being sculptured. There are also tons of statues and cravings of the emperor’s family members – since they were now considered public figure.
I personally believe that television is more important as it not only capture the physical appearance of a person, it also captures the soul of the person. I say this because you......
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