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Roman Art. Dates and Places : 509BCE-337CE Italian peninsula, Western Europe, Near East People : Republic →Empire Polytheistic Military expansion spreads culture. Model of the city of Rome during the fourth century CE. Fig. 3-9. Roman Art. Themes : Portraits Gods and rituals
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Roman Art Dates and Places: 509BCE-337CE Italian peninsula, Western Europe, Near East People: Republic→Empire Polytheistic Military expansion spreads culture Model of the city of Rome during the fourth century CE. Fig. 3-9.
Roman Art Themes: Portraits Gods and rituals Homes, civic buildings, temples Forms: Verism, idealism, perspective Concrete construction Greek influence Dionysiac mystery frieze, ca. 60-50BCE. Fig. 3-18
Roman Art: The Republic Temple of Portunus, ca. 75BCE. Fig. 3-10.
Roman Art: The Republic Example: Mix of Etruscan and Greek features High podium with frontal access only Ionic columns and frieze, pediment Pseudoperipteral with engaged columns Temple of Portunus, ca. 75BCE. Fig. 3-10. In architecture, a pseudoperipteral building is one with free standing columns in the front (colonnaded portico), but the columns along the sides are engaged in the peripheral walls of the building.
Roman Art: The Republic Head of an old man, mid-first century BCE. Fig. 3-11.
Roman Art: The Republic Example: Patrician ancestor portraits (imagines) Veristic likeness or exaggerated features Kept in home, displayed at funerals Head of an old man, mid-first century BCE. Fig. 3-11.
Roman Art: The Republic Left: Aerial view of Pompeii, second century BCE. Fig. 3-12. Right: Aerial view of the amphitheater, Pompeii, ca. 70BCE. Fig. 3-13.
Roman Art: The Republic Example: • Pompeii typical Roman city • Civic center is forum • Two-story colonnade • Capitolium temple faces forum • Basilica for administration and law • Amphitheater built with concrete barrel vaults Aerial view of Pompeii, second century BCE. Fig. 3-12. Aerial view of the amphitheater, Pompeii, ca. 70BCE. Fig. 3-13.
Roman Art: The Republic Left: Atrium of the House of the Vettii, 62-79CE. Fig. 3-15. Right: Restored view and plan of a typical Roman house. Fig. 3-16.
Roman Art: The Republic Example: • Elite live in inward-looking domus (most live in apartment buildings) • Central atrium, axial plan • Cubiculae, triclinium, tablinium • Peristyle courtyard • Mural painting in four styles Atrium of the House of the Vettii, 62-79CE. Fig. 3-15. Restored view and plan of a typical Roman house. Fig. 3-16.
Roman Art: The Republic Gardenscape from Villa of Livia, ca. 30-20BCE. Fig. 3-20.
Roman Art: The Republic Example: Second style mural painting Illusion of three-dimensional world via linear perspective Atmospheric perspective for hazy distance Gardenscape from Villa of Livia, ca. 30-20BCE. Fig. 3-20.