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17 Cards in this Set
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Temple of Fortuna Virilis
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75 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -“Manly Fortune” -Sit on high platform (Etruscan) -Deep Pronaos -Engaged columns -Pseudo Peripteral temple -Local roman stone, not marble -Cheaper faster easier |
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Funerary relief with portraits of the Gessi
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30 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Not idealized -Focused on images of men and delighted in showing age and the aspects of the face -Verism = is truth in portraiture |
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Head of a Roman Patrician
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75-50 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Portrait of power -Reflects experience -Gravitas = dignified manner, seriousness, with which all things are taken |
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Denarius of Julius Caesar
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44 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Roman coinage put portraits on their coins -First ruler to put portrait on the coinage, while being alive -Born in 100 BC, assassinated on March 15, 44 BC -One of the greatest military strategists of all time, great politician -Dictator for Life -Officially claims him a god, after death -Brutus has his own coin, back of his coin explains his side of the story, liberty cap -Tyranticide |
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Augustus of Primaporta
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20 BC (Copy @ 1 AD)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Young and handsome, son of a god -Conscious shift away from verism back to idealistic portraits -Marble copy of roman bronze original -Found in his wife’s villa in Primaporta -Based on Doryphorus -Cuirass is wildly ornate -Cupid at the right foot, demonstrates his lineage from goddess Venus, sits on a dolphin which represents his naval victories -Return of the Partheon standard on cuirass -Augustus negotiates the return of the Standard -Underscore power and peace -PAX ROMANA |
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Ara Pacis Augustae
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13 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -“Alter of Augustan Peace” -Rectangular enclosure, single entrance, with an alter -Built to celebrate the peace Augustus brought -Imperial processions on long sides |
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Female personification
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13 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Tellus? = mother earth -Female personification of wind on either side -One over the sea and one over the land -Demonstrates peace |
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Procession
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13 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Intended to depict a specific event -Includes children, first time children appear on a state sanctioned public monument -Promoted fidelity, more children = less tax -Reproduce more patricians |
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Pont Du Gard
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16 BC
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Aqueduct and a foot bridge -Leads water to Nimes -“Bridge over the River Gard” -3 stories high -Constructed of 2 ton blocks -Beauty and function -Massive human powered machinery to build |
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Domus Aurea
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64 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Severus and Celer to design and construct the palace -350 acres / 350 rooms -“Party Palace” -Impossible without Roman concrete -Oculus -Marble encrustation to decorate the room -Almost bankrupts Rome to build it |
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Portrait of Vespasian
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75 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Establishes the Flavian dynasty -Titus and Domitian are his sons |
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Colosseum
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70 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -70 AD = Start, 80 AD = End -Shrewd and politically motivated -Gesture to return land back to the public -50,000 spectators -Takes its name from a 120 ft tall bronze statue of Nero -Built to entertain the roman public -Use of the arch and concrete -Emperor had a special numbered box -Huge oval wooden floor -Sand used on the ground helped clean up the blood -4 registers on the outside, lowest registers have arches -Lowest register has engaged Doric columns, 2nd engaged ionic columns, 3rd engaged Corinthian columns, engaged pilasters w/ Corinthian capitals -Cloth awning that could be rolled out to cover spectators – volarium -Hypogium = hidden network of tunnels and cages where gladiators and animals were held -Inaugural games lasted 100 days -Gladiators battled in the evening -Has become the symbol of Rome |
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Arch of Titus
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81 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Dedicated for Titus by his brother after death -Celebrate victory over Judaea by Titus -Erected over the Sacred Way -Had equestrian monuments on the top of it at one point -The “god” titus -State sanctioned monument -Vespasian and Titus were deified after their deaths -SPQR = Senate and people of Rome -Two large internal relief panels inside -panels celebrate imperial virtues -Whole monument is mean to deify Titus and celebrate him accomplishments |
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Forum of Trajan
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112 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Large open forecourt, basilica, two libraries, large column, and temple -Showcases Trajan’s victories |
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Column of Trajan
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112 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Covered with narrative relief sculpture, Roman’s invented it -Made of 18 drums, stacked on top of each other -Would have had a large nude victory sculpture of Trajan at the top, removed and replaced -Uses the technique of “Continuous Narrative” -150 episodes -Doubles as Trajan tomb, are at the bottom of the column -Commemorative, Honorific, Documentary, Artistic, Tomb, Grave Marker, and Geographical marker |
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Markets of Trajan
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110 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Housed numerous shops and offices -Terracing of shops -Tabernaes -Ancient equivalent of the modern shopping center |
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Pantheon
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118 AD
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Temple dedicated to all of the Gods -“To all the gods” -Best preserved building of all antiquity -Most influential designs -THICK WALLS -One of the largest uninterrupted structures in antiquity -Occulus is the only light source -Square coffers, recessed decorative panel -Drains in the floor -Raphael's tomb |
