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5 Cards in this Set
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Pont du Gard
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1. Title - Pont du Gard
2. Artist - Unknown 3. Date - 509 BCE - 516 CE 4. Style - Ancient Roman 5. Function - Bridge, Roman aqueduct 6. Patron - Roman Empire 7. AI 1 - Rounded arches over vast distances 8. AI 2 - Use of concrete, covered with a veneer - Embedded into landscape |
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Augustus of Primaporta
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1. Title - Augustus of Primaporta
2. Artist - Unknown 3. Date - 509 BCE - 516 CE 4. Style - Ancient Roman 5. Function - Portrait to promote Emperor, political propaganda 6. Patron - Augustus 7. AI 1 - Naturalistic 8. AI 2 - Intense detail on suit of arms - Undercutting - Cupid-like figure riding on a dolphin |
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Flavian Amphitheatre
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1. Title - Flavian Amphitheatre or Colosseum
2. Artist - Unknown 3. Date - 509 BCE - 516 CE 4. Style - Ancient Roman 5. Function - Used for events 6. Patron - Roman empire 7. AI 1 - Rounded Arches 8. AI 2 - Engaged columns - Barrel vaults - Oval structure, not circular |
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Pantheon
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1. Title - Pantheon - NOT PARTHENON =p
2. Artist - Unknown 3. Date - 509 BCE - 516 CE 4. Style - Ancient Roman 5. Function - Religious Function, temple 6. Patron - Roman Emperors 7. AI 1 - Entablature 8. AI 2 - Post lintel construction |
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
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1. Title - Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
2. Artist - Unknown 3. Date - 509 BCE - 516 CE 4. Style - Ancient Roman 5. Function - Political propaganda, Military commemoration 6. Patron - Marcus Aurelius 7. AI 1 - Bronze 8. AI 2 - One of first sculptures of a military leaders on horseback |
