<Li> <P> Bust of an unknown orator or philosopher from Tartus, now in the Louvre, 5th century AD </P> </Li> <P> Bust of an unknown orator or philosopher from Tartus, now in the Louvre, 5th century AD </P> <P> Portraiture is a dominant genre of Roman sculpture, growing perhaps from the traditional Roman emphasis on family and ancestors; the entrance hall (atrium) of a Roman elite house displayed ancestral portrait busts . During the Roman Republic, it was considered a sign of character not to gloss over physical imperfections, and to depict men in particular as rugged and unconcerned with vanity: the portrait was a map of experience . During the Imperial era, more idealized statues of Roman emperors became ubiquitous, particularly in connection with the state religion of Rome . Tombstones of even the modestly rich middle class sometimes exhibit portraits of the otherwise unknown deceased carved in relief . </P> <P> Among the many museums with examples of Roman portrait sculpture, the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the British Museum in London are especially noteworthy . </P>

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