In a section of Lecture 1 devoted to , Turner compared this view of the base of the Antonine column to another of its top. This allowed him to show how ancient Roman sculptors adjusted the of the bas as it spiralled upwards in order to make it more visible to the spectator below.
Gallery label, September 2004
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