Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Augustus

Augustus of Prima Porta

Original - A 2.04 m statue of Augustus Caesar, found in 1863 and on display today at the Vatican Museums. Cupid, son of Venus, rides on a dolphin at his feet, a reference to the claim that the Julian Family was descended from Venus.

Reason

Good size and technical quality, enc. for the man himself (facial features are accurate) as well as for the sculpture styles of the culture (Greek/Hellenistic inspirations and styles)

Articles this image appears in

Augustus, Augustus of Prima Porta, Roman Empire, Military, Vatican Museums

Creator

• Support as nominator Malachirality (talk) 02:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose - Poor lighting, dark splotches everywhere, chromatic aberration, and I really don't like the composition. TheOtherSiguy (talk) 02:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose: by TheOtherSiguy. And it's not sharp enough, too. —αἰτίας •discussion• 03:40, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose An encyclopedic image, but due to technical concerns it cannot be an FP. A better picture can be taken. --Sharkface217 07:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Oppose As above & Compression errors. Teque5 (talk) 00:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 02:10, 30 December 2007 (UTC)