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MOSAICS

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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MOSAICS

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  1. MOSAICS

  2. POTTERY

  3. ROMAN SCULPTURE • PURPOSE – STATE PROPAGANDA • STATUES ARE UBIQUITOUS • EVERY NEIBORHOOD STREET • SUBJECTS – GODS / EMPERORS • COPIES OF GREEK SCULPTURES ARE MASS PRODUCED

  4. 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 –

  5. THE MARBLE PORTRAIT BUST • OFTEN DONE FROM REAL LIFE • EXACTITUDE THAT INCLUDES ALL EMOTIONS, • AS WELL AS DEFECTS AND BLEMISHES

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. PORTRAITS

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