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The Art & Architecture
of Ancient Rome
ROMANS = PRAGMATIC
MYCENAEANS = PUGNACIOUS
ETRUSCANS = PROSPERITY
EGYPTIANS = PERPETUITY
MINOANS = POLISHED
GREEKS = PHILOSOPHY
338 BC279 BC212 BC86 BC9 AD116 AD269 AD336 AD
CONSTRUCTION METHODS
FORM & FUNCTION
SPANNING SPACES
ca. 2550-1600 BC
ca. 2630-2611 BC
ca. 1700-1400 BC
ca. 450 BC
10-2 Temple of “Fortuna Virilis”, from Rome, Italy, ca. 75 BC
4-20 Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BC
4-22 Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BC
2-26 Ishtar Gate (restored), Babylon, Iraq, ca. 575 B.C. GLAZED BRICK.
10-31 Pont-du-Gard, Nimes, France, ca. 16 BC
10-31 Pont-du-Gard, Nimes, France, ca. 16 BC
Colosseum
Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80 C.E.
10-34 Colosseum
Rome, Italy
ca. 70-80 AD
10-34 Colosseum, Rome, Italy, ca. 70-80 C.E.
Pantheon
Rome, Italy
ca. 118-125 C.E.
10-48 Aerial view of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, AD 118-125.
10-49 Lateral section of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, AD 118-125.
10-50 Pantheon
Rome, Italy, ca. 118-125 C.E.
10-42 Column of Trajan, Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy, dedicated AD 112.
10-37 Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after AD 81. Marble.
10-39 Triumph of Titus, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after AD 81.
Marble, approx. 7’ 10” high.
10-38 Spoils of Jerusalem, relief panel from the Arch of Titus, Rome, Italy, after AD 81.
Marble, approx. 7’ 10” high.
10-76 Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy
ca. 312-315 C.E.
10-77 Distribution of largess, detail of the north frieze of the Arch of Constantine, Rome,
Italy, AD 312-315. Marble, approx. 3’ 4” high.
10-77 Distribution of largess, detail of the north frieze of the Arch of Constantine, Rome,
Italy, AD 312-315. Marble, approx. 3’ 4” high.
IMPERIAL
PORTRAITURE
10-25 Portrait of Augustus as general from Primaporta, Italy
ca. 20 BC, marble, 80 in. high
10-25 Portrait of Augustus as general
from Primaporta, Italy
ca. 20 BC
marble
80 in. high
10-47 Portrait bust of Hadrian as general
from Tel Shalem, Israel, ca. AD 130-138.
Bronze, approx. 2’ 11” high.
10-69 Portrait Bust of Trajan Decius
Capitolino, Rome
249-251 C.E.
marble
2 ft. 7 in. high
10-78 Portrait of Constantine,
from the Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy,
ca. AD 315-330.
Marble, approx. 8’ 6” high.
POMPEII
Playground of the Wealthy
10-10 Aerial view of the forum, Pompeii, Italy, second century BC and later.
10-13 Atrium of the House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy, second century BC, rebuilt AD 62-79.
10-14 First Style wall painting
in the fauces of the Samnite House
Herculaneum, Italy, late second century BC.
10-16 Second Style wall paintings
(detail of tholos) from the
Cubiculum M of the Villa
of Publius Fannius Synistor,
Boscoreale, Italy, ca. 50-40 BC.
Approx. 8’ 9” high
10-17 Gardenscape, Second Style wall painting, from the Villa of Livi
Primaporta, Italy, ca. 30-20 BC. Approx. 6’ 7” high.
10-18 Detail of a Third Style wall painting
from Cubiculum 15 of the Villa of Agrippa Postumus
Boscotrecase, Italy, ca. 10 BC. Approx. 7’ 8’ high
10-20 Fourth Style wall paintings in Room 78 of the Domus Aurea of Nero
Rome, Italy, AD 64-68.20
10-21 Fourth Style wall painting in the Ixion Room (Triclinium P)
of the House of the Vettii,
Pompeii, Italy, ca. AD 70-79
10-24 Still life with peaches, detail of a Fourth Style wall painting
from Herculaneum, Italy, ca. AD 62-79. Approx. 1’ 2” X 1” 1 1/2”.
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