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MOSAICS. POTTERY. ROMAN SCULPTURE PURPOSE – STATE PROPAGANDA STATUES ARE UBIQUITOUS EVERY NEIBORHOOD STREET SUBJECTS – GODS / EMPERORS. COPIES OF GREEK SCULPTURES ARE MASS PRODUCED. ROMAN SCULPTURE SCULPTURE REFLECTS ROMANS’ SENSE OF IDENTITY AND ANCESTRY
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ROMAN SCULPTURE • PURPOSE – STATE PROPAGANDA • STATUES ARE UBIQUITOUS • EVERY NEIBORHOOD STREET • SUBJECTS – GODS / EMPERORS • COPIES OF GREEK SCULPTURES ARE MASS PRODUCED
ROMAN SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE REFLECTS ROMANS’ SENSE OF IDENTITY AND ANCESTRY • ROMAN FAMILIES BEGIN BY MAKING WAX PORTRAIT MASKS (FUNERAL MASKS) • DEVELOPS INTO A NEW ART FORM –
THE MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST • OFTEN DONE FROM REAL LIFE • EXACTITUDE THAT INCLUDES ALL EMOTIONS, • AS WELL AS DEFECTS AND BLEMISHES
In the latter years of the Empire – lack of skilled artisans and declining economy lead to poorer quality of workmanship • Constantinian style – forerunner of Christian statues
ROMAN PAINTING • SAME CLASSICAL THEMES AS GREECE • GREAT TECHNICAL SKILL • LITTLE REGARD FOR GREEK UNITIES OR ABSTRACT FORM • DEVELOPMENT OF MOSAICS AS AN ART FORM • MOSAICS USED EXTENSIVELY IN ROMAN HOMES