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Roman Art

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

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  1. 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.

  2. 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

  3. Roman Art: The Republic Temple of Portunus, ca. 75BCE. Fig. 3-10.

  4. 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.

  5. Roman Art: The Republic Head of an old man, mid-first century BCE. Fig. 3-11.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Roman Art: The Republic Gardenscape from Villa of Livia, ca. 30-20BCE. Fig. 3-20.

  12. 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.

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