The Patrician carrying portrait busts of two ancestors is a sculpture made during the roman republican portraiture era. It depicts a roman senator holding and straddling both heads. The portrait’s showing of naturalism as well as idealistic qualities makes it a classical Roman artwork. This figure is interesting in that it attempts to verify the Patricians position in society by referring to his lineage and family traditions. In contrast Arthur Shaughnessy, Interior house Post from Gifford Island shows the same ideals as portrayed in the patrician sculpture, but on much different terms. Shaughnessy’s post shows family lineage through animal figurines and symbolic meanings. The post is a towering 180x132 ft sculpture painted with bright colors…show more content… The sculpture is carved from marble in the round with Togatus shown in contraposto with heavy Greek influences throughout the carving alluding to the classical Roman ideals of art. The classical idea of art within Greek and Roman society was the idealistic portrayal of the human body. Ideal body composition such as hair, muscle, and clothing were all classical elements with portrayals often found in Roman Aqtworks. With that in mind the Patrician goes against all those ideals with clear signs of wrinkles and aging. Showing the prominence of naturalism during a Republican Rome, during the era artwork shifted from “perfect human” to actual aging humans. Senators and others belonging to the wealthy elite during this period glorified the actual human form. Senators appreciated the signs of aging within sculptures. Aging showed the wisdom, power and knowledge that had been accumulated throughout the years. By also having ancestors within the framework of the sculpture Togatus alludes to his rightful place atop the elite and wealthy. Overall the sculptures function stood to “preserve portraits of their ancestors…as a way of establishing their own importance as they went about their business of living” (Lazzari,