Roman+Art

Click here for an illustrated time line of the Roman Empire through art. @http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/roem/hd_roem.htm

PHILOSOPHY

 * “the sun will never set on the Roman Empire”-Arrogance
 * Vastness of empire
 * Diversity of people
 * Still polytheistic

ARCHITECTURE

 * Rome’s crowing achievement
 * Use of the arch and concrete perfected
 * Post and lintel is replaced with triumphal arch
 * Major engineering advances
 * Quicker, less expensive structures

Basilica of Constantine c. AD 307-20

 * Use of the Roman Arch perfected
 * Use of barrel vaults
 * Corinthian columns
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Built more like a bath house than a basilica

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Pantheon

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Perfect building - 104’x104’
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">23 feet thick at base, 2 feet thick at oculus (opening)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">All gods or many gods
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Built on ancient site of pantheon
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oculus at the top

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@http://buildings.greatbuildings.com/Pantheon.html

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Colosseum
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three floors - three Greek orders - Numbered for ticket holders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two amphitheaters put together
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arena – the sand that covered wood floor to soak up blood

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Column of Trajan by Trajan Forum
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Relief work
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Made of marble
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hollow
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Part of the Trajan forum complex

Equestrian Sculpture of Marcus Aurelius

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">man over beast (control, power) -
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Equestrian sculpting, only one to survive antiquity

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Constantine

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Head is 8 ft
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Part of larger sculpture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once stood in basilica of Constantine


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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Roman Painting Beautiful Realism
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Much of the beautiful painting was discovered in the lost city of Pompeii. Pompeii was part of the Roman Empire and was completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Some of the works survive, but not many. There are also many realistic portraits that were painted in Egypt during the Roman Empire's rule there. They are often painted with encaustics, which is a type of wax painting process. ===


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">used to decorate homes, bath houses
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">very skilled with color and space
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">must have seen the Greek paintings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">portraiture especially strong
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">encaustic (uses colored wax)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Egyptian influence too

@http://heritage-key.com/blogs/bija-knowles/exhibition-review-stunning-realism-rome-%E2%80%93-painting-empire

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