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Name: Augustus of Primaporta
Date: 20 CE
Period/Style: The Early Empire/Roman Art
Artist/Architect: Unknown
Patron: Tiberius Caesar
Original Location: Rome, private residence. Found at Livia's villa at Primaporta
Material/Technique: Marble
Function: Commemorative monument. A vehicle of political propaganda.
Context: Political art – advertised Augustus qualities. Depicts the emperor in his role as general and is based closely on Polykleitos's Doryphoros. Cupid is at his feet. Current events are referenced on Augustus's cuirass.
Descriptive Terms: political, idealized, military motifs
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Name: Colosseum (Amphitheatrum Flavium)
Date: c. 70-80 CE
Period/Style: Imperial Roman
Artist/Architect: N/A, but Titus dedicated it to Vespasian
Patron: Vespasian
Original Location: Rome, Italy
Material/Technique: Stone and concrete
Function: Amphitheater with 100 days of games like animal fights and gladiatorial battles, then, after years of neglect, it was used ofr materials in the 18th century
Context: Could hold between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators which were organized by social ranking, largest ampitheater in the Roman Worlds, freestanding unlike most other ampitheaters which were built into hillsides, included doric, ionic, and carinthian orders
Descriptive Terms: Amphitheater, columns, doric, ionic, carinthian, concrete, stone, entertainment
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Name: Forum of Trajan
Date: 106-112 CE
Period/Style: Ancient Rome
Patron: Emperor of Trajan
Artist/Architect: Apollodorus of Damascus
Original Location: Rome, Italy
Material/Technique: Architecture: brick and concrete; column: marble
Function: Dedicated to Emperor Trajan in honor of his victory over Dacia, a collection of warehouse and shops where Romans could conduct business and purchess goods
Context: Political art that celebrated rulers, carved into the side of a hill "Apollodorus built a monumental, semi-circular facade bordered by a row of columns. At both ends were smaller exedras that were covered by a half dome."
Descriptive Terms: Relief sculpture, column, political
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