page_title: Verism
section_title: Third Theory
hierarchical_section_title: Verism / Verism in academia / Third Theory
caption_attribution_description: English: Mould of a child's face, found in 1874. The epitaph (ref CIL 13, 02108) reads: "To the manes and in the memory of Claudia Victoria, dead at the age of 10 years old, one month and eleven days; Claudia Severina, her mother, raised this tomb to her beloved daughter when she was still alive, to herself and dedicated it under the ascia" Français&#160;: Moulage du visage d'une fillette, trouvé dans une tombe rue de Trion en 1874. L'épitaphe (ref CIL 13, 02108 = CAG-69-02, p 605) dit: "Aux mânes et en mémoire de Claudia Victoria, morte à l'âge de 10 ans, un mois et onze jours; Claudia Severina, sa mère, a élevé cette tombe à sa fille bien-aimée alors qu'elle était encore en vie, pour elle-même et l'a dédié sous l'ascia". Latina: D(is) M(anibus) / et memoriae / Cl(audiae) Victoriae / quae vixit ann(os) X / mens(em) I dies XI / Claudia Severi/na mater filiae / dulcissimae et sibi viva fecit / sub ascia dedi/cavit
context_page_description: Verism is the artistic preference of contemporary everyday subject matter instead of the heroic or legendary in art and literature; it is a form of realism. The word comes from Latin verus.
context_section_description: Scholars consider the ancient Roman custom of making wax portraits, known as funerary or Death mask, of their ancestors as a convincing source for the veristic style. H. Drerup, a man of academia, argues that death masks molded straight from the face were early in use at Rome and exerted a ‘direct influence’ on Republican portraits. Yet research has cast doubt on this theory. None of the funerary masks date before the 1st century AD. Evidence suggests the ancestral funerary masks merely kept pace with contemporary portraits in the round. Chronology seems to be an issue with supporting the theory.
caption: Roman funerary mask of a child
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