Equestrian statue - Kibazo

Japanese: 騎馬像 - きばぞう
Equestrian statue - Kibazo

...In the Imperial period, under Greek influence, the figures of rulers in particular were idealized, but the basic characteristic of Roman portraits was realism, including the expression of personality and psychology. The subjects were expanded to include ordinary citizens, including women and children, and in addition to full-length figures and busts, equestrian figures appeared, and the custom of embossing the profile of the monarch on coins was inherited from Hellenism. Almost no portraits remain from either Greece or Rome, with the exception of the funerary wax paintings (2nd to 3rd centuries) excavated in the Faiyum region of Egypt. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Equestrian Statue" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…帝政期にはいるとギリシアの影響で,ことに支配者像に理想化が施されるが,性格や心理の表現をも含む写実性はローマの肖像の基本的特色である。対象も婦人,子どもを含む一般市民に拡大され,全身像,胸像に加え騎馬像が登場して,貨幣に君主の横顔(プロフィル)を浮彫りする慣習がヘレニズムから継承された。ギリシア,ローマとも肖像画はほとんど現存しないが,例外としてエジプトのファイユーム出土の埋葬用蠟画(エンカウスティク)肖像(2~3世紀)がある。…

※「騎馬像」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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