Roman 370 Gold Belt Analysis

Coin Belt, Roman 370 A.D. through 400 A.D. This work conveys a sense of power through the expression of the gold belt having elegant sapphire,gemstones, and glass surrounding the belt. Additionally, the work displays a sense of power by the emperors on each coin on the belt that represents the Roman Empire changing by each emperor’s reign and people adjusting to Christianity, the main religion of the empire. Also, the mood of the work is expressed by the gold and bright colors used in the belt that indicate the belt had to be owned by a women, who had an average waist size. Meanwhile, on the gold soldi coins contain have,“Five different emperors from the Roman Empire that included,Constans(337-350 A.D.) to Theodosius(379-395 A.D.),but all but one were minted in the eastern Roman Empire throughout the 4th century Adovstionus (Christianity) (Getty Villa Website)”. The belt was said to be owned by a woman ,who had not converted to Christianity yet. Additionally, the Coin Belt expresses a mood of well off people converting to a new form of religion, which is Christianity. First,the line of the …show more content…
The staff conveyed the meaning of the work by displaying a sign on top of that says,Hoard of Jewelry and along the sides there are short descriptions of each piece.The lighting of the room was very bright and the room had windows giving the room natural lighting to view all the display cases of artworks perfectly. There were four to five chairs that were in the middle of each display case for anyone to observe the artworks at a closer distance. The context of the work informed me in a way in which, I understood that the piece was portrayed by researching more about the piece on the Getty Villa website and listening to the iPod touch that gave me a few details about the piece by typing the number 558 in the iPod