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Romeinse kultuur is direk geerf van die Griekse
Hellenistiese kultuur.
Daar is baie kopiee gemaak van Griekse
beelde- dit was nie gesien as vervalsings nie.
Later het die Griekse invloed verminder en
teen die derde eeu na Christus het die Romeine
hulle eie kuns ontwikkel.
In die standbeeld van Augustus sien ons ‘n man
geklee in militere drag met ‘n manter oor een
arm gedrapeer. Die arm wat dan ook ‘n lans
vashou.
Hy staan ontspanne met sy gewig op sy
regterbeen.
Teen sy been rus daar ‘n klein naakte figuur.
Sy regter arm is gelig wat daarop dui dat hy na
iets wys.
Sy gesigsuidrukking is ontspanne en neutraal.
Dit is ‘n duidelik geinspireer deur die Griekse
beeld “Spear Carrier” (klassieke periode)
Augustus van Primaporta
20n.C
1. ENTRANCE PORCH2. VESTIBULE3. ROTUNDA
the porch retains the traditional deep columned approach of Roman temples.
as the temple was approached from the front the wide porch helped to obscure the large rotunda and make the front look like a normal temple.
the porch is more deeper than it is high (13m : 12m) and is 33.5m wide.
the front row had eightgranite columns with marble Corinthian capitals.
behind are two more rows of four columns. This creates three aisles with only one leading to the central doorway.
the other aisles lead to large niches which held statues of Augustus and Agrippa.
the central doors are bronze. the pediment of the porch
possibly contained an eagle.
the vestibule solved the problem of how to join the porch to the rotunda.
it was structurally important because it acted as a buttress (support) for the rotunda.
the back of the rotunda was buttressed by a wall of the nearby Basilica of Neptune.
focal point of the design. 44m high and about 56m wide. very deep foundations:
4.5m deep and about 7m thick. the rotunda walls are 6m thick
and help support the dome. originally the exterior walls
were stuccoed but now the walls are brick-faced concrete.
there are windows above the second cornice let light into a passage way within the wall at this level.
THE INTERIOR
THE OCULUS
THE CEILING
as the dome rose it became lighter and thinner (6m to 1m at top) to take weight off the roof.
the ceiling is coffered with five rows of recessed coffers which also decrease in size as it approaches the oculus.
the coffers are essentially decorative but have the added feature of catching the light that comes in through the oculus.
the oculus was 9m in diameter and helps lighten the weight of the dome.
THE FLOOR
there was a geometric decoration on the floor with its coloured marble circles and squares.
rain that came in through the oculus was drained off via small holes in the centre of the marble floor.
