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21 Cards in this Set
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Apulu: Etruscan
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roof of portonaccio temple
italy 510 rooftop contest lifesize image: energy and excitement in ARCHAIC ETRUSCAN ART plunging motion, contours, gesticulating arms: animated face=etruscan vulca of veii: most famous etruscan sculptor |
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Sarcophagus with reclining couple etruscan
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cerveteri italy
painted terracotta dining in the afterlife cremation most common greece had no tombs like this for sarcophagi greeks buried dead in graves animated like Apulu of Veii stiff like egyptian upper frontal, lower portrait |
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Gardenscape wall painting rome
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Villa of Livia, Italy
empress: wife of Augustus shows recession: atmospheric perspective: depth by blurred appearance of background fence trees birds detailed, dense foliage in bg not |
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Augustus rome
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italy
copy of bronze original marble son of a god: no longer rule of elders: now youthful: must be reflected in art OCTAVIAN augustus claimed to be the sone of a god this was his official image, not many knew what he really looked like addressing his troops overall head shape: polyklietan style like doryphoros cupid at his feet: divine descent |
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Ara Pacis (all views) rome
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Livia (augustus' wife) birthday: dedicated thie altar of agustan peace to her
a relief of Aeneas making a sacrifice: his political ideology for new golden age: glorified young emperor |
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Ara Pacis (all views) rome
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female personification panel: tellus
seated matron with two babies mother earth peace goddess of grain venus fruits of peace: earth in bloom, animals, babies breezes earth sky and water |
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Ara Pacis (all views) rome
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procession of imperial family
augustus sought to bring new order this one stands for all panathenaic festival processions he was concerned with decline in birthrate among noble: promote marriage and marital fidelity and children |
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Pont-du-Gard rome
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nimes, france
Vitruvius: ten books of architecture, dedicated to Augustus: bible of Renaissance architects augustan project at nimes aqueduct bridge carry water from mountain sources skill of rome's engineers: 100 gallons of water each day from source 30 miles away channels built with continuous gradual decline bridge: maintain height of water rows and rows of arches, some 82 feet |
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Colosseum rome aerial
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rome 70-80
Flavians: nero's outrageous behaviour: forced into suicide: civil strife emerged: Vespasian: Flavius had two sons commissioned colosseum shrewd politically: site=artificial lake drained, he reclaimed the land for the public; largest arena for gladiatorial combats and other spectacles 50000 spectators vespasian didn't live to see it completed |
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Colosseum facade rome
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rome 70-80
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Column of Trajan rome
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brainchild of apollodorus
continuous spiral narrative frieze invented once topped with nude emperor base served as trajan's tomb and his wife plotina's ashes Trajan's two successful campaings agains Dacians enhanced by paint easy to recognize pictures |
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The Pantheon rome aerial
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temple of all gods
118 italy hadrian became emperor one of best preserved buildings full potential of concrete facade: 8 corinthian columns as bow to tradition everything else: revolutionary intersection of two circles orb of earth and dome as heavens |
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The Pantheon rome
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concrete of varied compositions
bottom is basalt in mix top is pumice to lightweight thickness decreases towards the top oculus 30 feet wide marbe veneer inside |
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The Pantheon rome
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space: units of space that could be shaped by enclosures
pantheon's interior: single, unified whole supported by interrupting solids light symbolism and practicality |
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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius rome
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bronze 175
pompous trappings of imperial iconography still heresuperhuman grandeuf larger than norma human inspired many renaissance painters to put patrons on horseback survived: thought to be constantine |
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Portrait of Constantine
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marble
const victory over maxentius: portriats broke from tetrarchic tradition and also of emperor soldiers style went back to Augustan image of eternal youth semi nude seateed portrait on roman images of jupiter held an orb no third cent nervous glance frontal mask and huge eyes overwhelming power |
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Reconstruction, drawing of the Basilica Nova of Constantine Rome
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constantine's portrait in here
maxentius began and const completed original 300 ft long and 215 wide brick vaults marbled and stuccoed walls vaults let in ample light learned from trajan's market hall and baths |
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Old St. Peter's late antiquity
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Const: emperor and champion of christianity: build churches outside city so no conflict between pagans and christians
const and pope sylvester believed peter had been buried 3000-4000 people upon this rock, i will build my church |
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Old St. Peter's late antiquity
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wide central nave
flanking aisles apse at the end open colonnaded courtyard atrium enter through narthex or vestibule triumphal arch divided nave from transept: transverse aisle housed relics of st peter |
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Old St. Peter's late antiquity
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resembles roman basilicas and audience halls
rather than greco roman temple design christians didnt want churches to mimic forms of pagan shrines hard to go fully away from that |
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Christ as the Good Shepherd mosaic late antiquity
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masoleum of galla placidia
ravenna italy 425 cruciform structure h unadorned outer brick shell lunette above the entrance: jesus sits among his flock, haloed and robed in purple sheep in groups of three illusionistic greco-roman devices classical tradition and not abstract |
