Roman Art & Architecture -- Exam 1

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Temple of Hercules Victor, Forum Boarium

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Portrait Statue of Aulus Metellus

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Early 1st century BC

Orator
Significance of Age

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Model of the Palatine Hill with Iron Age Huts, Rome

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Sanctuary of Fortuna at Praeneste (Palestrina), reconstruction drawing

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Sanctuary of Fortuna at Praeneste (Palestrina)

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Begun 2nd century BC, renovated around 80 BC
Takes advantage of hill -- porticos on different levels
Symmetrical design
Guided perspective
Doric Columns

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Paris/Munich reliefs - detail of Census frieze

Hint 6

100 BC

Circus Flaminius

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Paris/Munich reliefs - detail of Census frieze

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Paris/Munich reliefs - detail of Thaiosos frieze

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Early 1st century BC

Marble

Events placed in succession

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Aemilius Paullus monument, Delphi, fragments of battle frieze

Hint 9

168 BC

First relief to depict actual event

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Portrait of Pompey, Copenhagen

Hint 10

First century AD

Verism -- attempt at portraying realism

This is more of an attempt at character description

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Temple of Portunus, Forum Boarium

Hint 11

Late 2nd century BC
Derived from Etruscan prototype: high podium, deep porch, frontal approach

Engaged columns, of the Ionic style

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Theater of Pompey - model

Hint 12

55 BC

Circus Flaminius

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Portrait of Republican Man, Glyptotek

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Portrait of Republican Man, New York

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Tabularium, Forum Romanum

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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Capitoline Hill, reconstruction

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Sanctuary of Jupiter Anxur, Terracina, reconstruction drawing

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Theater of Pompey, fragments of the Marble Plan

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AD 193-235

Shows clearly that Pompey disguised his theatre as a sacred precinct to accomplish his immortality

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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, plan

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Head of Man ("Brutus") from Rome

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First Century BC
Bronze
Establishes virtues associated with distinguished Romans

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Portrait of Caesar from Tusculum

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Republican Man from Torlonia

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Theater of Marcellus, model of interior

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Ara Pacis Augustae, Aeneas Panel

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Cloak -- acting as priest while assisted with sacrifice

Augustus plays on his dynastic relationship to these heroes

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Ara Pacis Augustae

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13-9 BC

Altar of Augustan Peace

Product of propaganda program

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Ara Pacis Augustae, South Frieze

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Details imperial procession

Each person is different -- very skilled/time consuming

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Ara Pacis Augustae, Tellus Panel

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Tellus (Mother Earth) with two babies to emphasize fertility

Augustan peace spreads over the world

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Augustus Prima Porta

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Early first century AD

Bare feet - hero
Cupid, riding dolphin - Julian family was decended from Venus
Thinly veiled devine references here

Breastplate about propaganda program
Figure receiving the standard represents the Romans over Parthians

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Augustus from the Via Labicana

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First Century AD

Toga over head - Augustus as a priest (pontifex maximus) most important priest

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Forum of Augustus, detail of caryatids

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Forum of Augustus, model

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Temple of Mars Ultor, Forum of Augustus, drawing

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Late 1st century BC

Back of the forum Augustus, on the axis

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Mausoleum of Augustus

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25 BC

Message of stability, dynasty

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Theater of Marcellus

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Late 1st century BC

Built for Augustus's son-in-law