“Ancient art was the tyrant of egypt, the mistress of Greece, and the servant of Rome”

-Henry Fuseli

Art in Ancient RomeRepublican Period

Late EmpireEarly Empire

RomeIn about 500 BCE the Roman Republic was established and it would last some four centuries.

The Roman Arm of strength reached into northern Italy, conquering the ETRUSCANS, and eventually streched in all directions, gaining supremacy over Greece, western Europe, northern Africa, and parts of the Near East.

It was fashionable for romans to own or to have copies of Greek works of art.

- - This tendency gave the romans a reputation as mere imitators of greek art, a simplistic view laid waste by scholars of Roman art history.

Roman Art

The art that followed the

absorption of Greece into

the Roman Empire is

often called

Greco-Roman.

The RepublicanPeriod

The Roman System of Government

was based on two parts:

Patricians – Ruled the countryPlebian – Majority of roman population

Head of a Roman

(Republican Period,1st century BCE)

Copyright The metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York

Sculpture

It was customary for romans to make wax death masks, why? Because they want to keep around on their house their loved ones.

This is made of:

TERRACOTA - is a clay-based unglazed ceramic.

ArchitectureTemple of Fortuna Virilis

(Republican Period,2nd century BCE)

Copyright Canali PhotobankMilan

This small and elegant building was made by the ff. :TUFA

TRAVERTINE

STUCCO

Painting

Ulysses in the land of the lestrygonians

This is an example of the architectural style in which the illusion of recreating space is achieved through pictorial devices.

It is as if viewer were looking through a window and into the distance.

Herringbone Perspective – a system whereby othogals vanish a specific point along a vertical line that divides the canvas.

Othogals means mutually independent, non-redundant, non-overlapping

Early Empire

Architecture

Pont du Gard Nimes, France

This structure has been long admired for both its simplicity and its grandeur.

With the birth of the empire there emerged a desire to glorify the power of Rome by erecting splendid buildings and civic monuments.

Although the romans adopted structural systems and certain motifs from greek architecture, they introduced several innovations in building design.

SCULPTURE

Augustus ofPrimaporta

The head of the augustus is somewhat idealized and serene, but his unique facial features are recognizable as those that appeared on empire coins.

As the first emperor Augustus was determined to construct monuments reflecting the glory, power and influence of rome on the western world.

Late Empire

During its late years, the roman empire was torn from within. A series of emperors seized the reigns of power only to meet violent deaths, some at the hands of their own soldiers

ARCHITECTURE

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine

Stoicism advocated an indifference to emotion and things of this world, maintaining that virtue was the most important goal in life

SCULPTUREHead of Constantine the great

It was a a huge structure, it is divided into three rectangular sections or aisles.

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Etruscan

Augustus of Primaporta

Imperial Procession

The Pantheon RomeExterior View

The Pantheon RomeInterior View

HERZOG & DE MEURON

Colesseum, Rome