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Roman Art and Architecture

Key types studied


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Types of Roman Architecture

Temples

Aqueducts

Forum

Theatres

Amphitheatres

Baths

Palaces


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Types of Roman Art

Frescoes

Mosaics

Sculpture

Pottery


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Temples

Different styles all based on Greek fashion

Maison Carree in Nimes,

FrancePantheon, Rome


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Aqueducts

Engineering feats designed to bring

drinking water long distances to Roman

cities and towns

Note the use of arches. Why are they needed?


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Forum

The central meeting and market place of

any Roman town. Often important people

commissioned these for the public

A reconstruction of the

forum at Pompeii (Bay

of Naples, Italy)

Note the colonnades.

What are these?


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Amphitheatres

The great stadia of Imperial Rome -

Twickenham, Eden Park and Homebush

rolled into one!

The Flavian

Amphitheatre (aka

Colosseum)

-a reconstruction.

-What common

Roman building

feature is used?


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Theatres

Adapted from the classic Greek style: used

for dramatic presentations

Theatre at LepcisMagna, North

Africa (modern

Libya) - a long

way from Rome

but note the scale!


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Baths

The hallmark

of Roman

civilisation:elaborate hot

and cold

bathhouses

with plungepool, saunas

and gymnasia

Floor plan of Hadrians Baths at

Le cis Ma na


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Baths

The outdoor swimming

pool at Lepcis Magna.

Note the statuary and

columns. They were

visually stunning, not just

useful.


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Palaces, Imperial houses

Lifestyles of the rich and famous! Many

low-level buildings, gardens, water features.

A reconstruction of

Hadrians Villa at Tivoli,

just outside Rome. Much

can be seen today


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Roman Art


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Frescoes

Another name for wall painting (as in

Michaelangelos ceiling on the Sistine

Chapel)

A frescoe from Pompeii, buried after

the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.

Note the theme: an exterior scene

designed to make the interior seem

more spacious


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Mosaics

Art created with tiles (tesserae) of glass,

stone. These might appear on walls and

floors


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Sculpture

Statues created in marble or, if good

enough, bronze (using lost wax method)


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Pottery, glassware

Romans enjoyed emulating the style of

Greek painted vases and pottery

Roman glass was also of a very high quality Metal (gold, silver) dinnerware was also

highly decorated


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Examples

Red slip vase with image of Orpheus


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Column orders

Tuscan - plain, unfluted drum or tambour

Doric - fluted, plain capital

Ionic - fluted, volutes on capital Corinthian - fluted, acanthus leaves on capital

Composite - fluted, acanthus leaves and volutes

on capital

Three parts to column: base, drum (tambour),capital (top)

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